Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   4673
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2919BA
Observer:   Swanepoel D.
Date of record:   2008-00-03
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Would be curious to know if this is P. t. tentorius; P. t. verroxii --Uploaded from submission_4601-4700.txt: entry no. 73
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   5680
Species name:   Psammobates tentorius verroxii
Common name:   Verrox's Tent Tortoise
Family:   Testudinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-4673
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4673 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   John Measey
Comment:   Yeah - this looks like Verroxii (says Retha)
Date:   2008-07-02 14:58:25
Species name:   Psammobates tentorius verroxii -- Verrox's Tent Tortoise
Species code:   5680
Comment number:   2
By:   Adriaan Jordaan
Comment:  
Date:   2012-08-03 21:45:57
Species name:   Psammobates tentorius verroxii -- Verrox's Tent Tortoise
Species code:   5680

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