Angulate tortoise

Angulate tortoise
Image of Chersina angulata (under its previous genus, Testudo)
Scientific 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
(Schweigger, 1812)
Synonyms
  • 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.

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