Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   151930
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3118DC
Observer:   Basson Handre
Date of record:   2014-10-02
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Found it in our garden of all places!
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   5601
Species name:   Chersobius signatus
Common name:   Speckled Padloper
Family:   Testudinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Southern Speckled padloper-Homopus sp.
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-151930
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   JC Steenkamp
Comment:  
Date:   2014-10-05 19:01:40
Species name:   Chersobius signatus -- Speckled Padloper
Species code:   5601
Comment number:   2
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   Homopus signatus cafer is not valid and no subspecies are recognised. Therefore Homopus signatus
Date:   2014-10-06 11:54:07
Species name:   Chersobius signatus -- Speckled Padloper
Species code:   5601

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