Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   153676
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2427BB
Observer:   Peacock F.
Date of record:   2015-01-04
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   5640
Species name:   Kinixys lobatsiana
Common name:   Lobatse Hinged Tortoise
Family:   Testudinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Kinixys lobatsiana
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-153676
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 153676 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Cannot see enough detail to distinguish between K. lobatsiana and K. spekii.
Date:   2015-03-25 20:52:13
Species name:   Kinixys sp.
Species code:   6022
Comment number:   2
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   I would swing the way of K. lobatsiana but agreed, lack of detail.
Date:   2015-03-26 08:15:54
Species name:   Kinixys sp.
Species code:   6022
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Based on recurved and serrated posterior marginals, and revised distribution presented in Ihlow et al. 2020.
Date:   2020-02-06 12:11:16
Species name:   Kinixys lobatsiana -- Lobatse Hinged Tortoise
Species code:   5640

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