Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Boulenger's Cape Tortoise, Donner-Weer Tortoise
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Chelonia
()
- Subclass:
Anapsida
()
- Order:
Casichelydia
()
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
()
- Superfamily:
Testudinoidea
()
- Family:
Testudinidae
()
- Genus:
Homopus
()
- Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Specific name:
boulengeri
- DUERDEN 1906
- Scientific name: - Homopus boulengeri DUERDEN 1906
- Specific name:
boulengeri
- DUERDEN 1906
- Genus:
Homopus
(
- Family:
Testudinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Testudinoidea
(
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
(
- Order:
Casichelydia
(
- Subclass:
Anapsida
(
- Class:
Chelonia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Homopus boulengeri — Bour 1980 • Homopus boulengeri — Valverde 2005
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Holotype: BMNH 1947.1.23.4; formerly BMNH 1906.6.21. Named
after George Albert Boulenger (1858 - 1937), herpetologist at the
British Museum of Natural History, London.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Homopus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. areolatus (Beaked Cape Tortoise) · H. bergeri (Berger's Cape Tortoise) · H. boulengeri (Boulenger's Cape Tortoise) · H. femoralis (Karroo Cape Tortoise) · H. signatus (Speckled Cape Tortoise) · H. solus (Berger's Cape Tortoise)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 115 1957 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 168, p. 355, p. 362, p. 549.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 113, p. 165, p. 230.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 146, p. 147, p. 151, p. 229, p. 78, p. 175.
- Checklist of herpetofauna listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 4.
- Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 5.
- Nature. London, etc., Macmillan Journals Ltd., etc. url p. 336.
- Sexual size differences in reptiles / by Henry S. Fitch. 1981 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1981. url p. 69.
- World Checklist of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 17, p. 15.
- World Checklists of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Nature Conservancy Council url p. 19.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2540468
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-3451
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551785
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 130169
