Angulate tortoise

Angulate tortoise
Image of Chersina angulata (under its previous genus, Testudo)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Chersina
Gray, 1830
Species:
C. angulata
Binomial name
Chersina angulata
Synonyms[3]
  • Testudo angulata Schweigger, 1812
  • Testudo bellii Gray, 1828
  • Chersina angulata Gray, 1831
  • Neotestudo angulata Hewitt, 1931
  • Goniochersus angulatus Mertens, Müller & Rust, 1934
  • Chersine angulata Hewitt, 1937
  • Goniocherus angulatus Mertens & Wermuth, 1955

The angulate tortoise (Chersina angulata) is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and coastal scrub vegetation in South Africa. This tortoise is the only known member of the genus Chersina.

  1. ^ Hofmeyr, M.D.; Keswick, T. (2018). "Chersina angulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T170519A115655918. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T170519A115655918.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ IUCN-tftsg.org
  3. ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 276–277. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.