Homopus areolatus

Homopus areolatus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Testudinidae
Genus:	Homopus
Species:	H. areolatus
Binomial name
	Homopus areolatus; (Thunberg, 1787)
	Extant (resident)
Synonyms
	Testudo areolata Thunberg, 1787:180; Testudo minuta Thunberg 1788:206 (nomen nudum); Testudo miniata Lacepède 1788:166 (09:6) (nomen rejectum); Testudo fasciata Daudin 1801:294 (junior homonym); Testudo africana Hermann 1804:218; Chersine tetradactyla Merrem 1820:32; Testudo areolata pallida Gray 1831d:13;

Homopus areolatus, commonly known as the common padloper or parrot-beaked tortoise, is a tiny species of tortoise of the genus Homopus, indigenous to the southern part of South Africa.

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