Reptile Atlas of Africa

Record details

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ReptileMAP:   823
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3226BB
Observer:   Webster K.
Date of record:   2005-12-22
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   5540
Species name:   Stigmochelys pardalis
Common name:   Leopard Tortoise
Family:   Testudinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-823
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 823 - photo: 1
VM-number: 823 - photo: 2
VM-number: 823 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:  
Date:   2006-01-30 17:24:50
Species name:   Stigmochelys pardalis -- Leopard Tortoise
Species code:   5540
Comment number:   2
By:   James Harrison
Comment:   Interesting deformities of the carapace.
Date:   2006-02-04 22:58:29
Species name:   Stigmochelys pardalis -- Leopard Tortoise
Species code:   5540
Comment number:   3
By:   Marienne de Villiers
Comment:   Note that this individual was spotted again by K. Webster on 19/02/08, two years after the first sighting - seen approximately 50m from where she was photographed the 1st time. And seen again on 16/08/2011.
Date:   2011-08-17 09:36:37
Species name:   Stigmochelys pardalis -- Leopard Tortoise
Species code:   5540

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