Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   159803
Province:  
Country:   Congo (DRC)
Locus:   1025DD
Observer:   McKenzie DR
Date of record:   2016-11-17
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   5620
Species name:   Kinixys spekii
Common name:   Speke's Hinged Tortoise
Family:   Testudinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Kinixys sp.
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-159803
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 159803 - photo: 1
VM-number: 159803 - photo: 2
VM-number: 159803 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Based on the gular lip being concave above, and the gular scutes being forked.
Date:   2016-11-21 14:04:55
Species name:   Kinixys spekii -- Speke's Hinged Tortoise
Species code:   5620

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