Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Berger's Cape Tortoise, Tent Tortoise
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
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:
Psammobates
()
- Fitzinger, 1835
- Specific name:
tentorius
- BELL 1828
- Scientific name: - Psammobates tentorius BELL 1828
- Specific name:
tentorius
- BELL 1828
- Genus:
Psammobates
(
- 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
Psammobates tentorius — Fritz & Bininda-Emonds 2007 • Testudo tentoria Bell 1828
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Holotype: OUM 8570.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Psammobates
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. geometricus (Geometric Tortoise) · P. oculifer (Serrated Tortoise) · P. pardalis (Leopard Tortoise) · P. tentorius (Berger's Cape Tortoise)
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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 fig. 29 (map), page 308, p. 333, p. 553.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 229, p. 94.
- Checklist of CITES Species and Annotated CITES Appendices and Reservations CITES Secretariat, UNEP-WCMC url p. 413.
- 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. 201, p. 217, p. 228, p. 56, p. 239.
- Checklist of herpetofauna listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 5.
- Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 7.
- IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 624.
- Sexual size differences in reptiles / by Henry S. Fitch. 1981 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1981. url p. 11, p. 71.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 497.
- World Checklist of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Nature Conservancy Council url p. 17.
- World Checklists of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Nature Conservancy Council url p. 20.
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.
- Branch, W.R. 1996. Homopus bergeri. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- 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
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2544044
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-5925
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551784
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 130319
