Chersobius signatus is the world's smallest species of tortoise (family Testudinidae). The species is commonly known as the speckled tortoise and also...
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habitat. Like the closely related speckled padloper (Chersobius signatus) and Nama padloper (Chersobius solus) to the west, it has five clawed toes on its...
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Chersobius is a genus of tiny tortoises in the family Testudinidae, endemic to southern Africa. The genus includes the smallest tortoises in the world...
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Chersobius solus, commonly known as the Nama dwarf tortoise, the Nama padloper, and Berger's cape tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae...
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Pleistocene Chersobius Fitzinger, 1835 Chersobius boulengeri, Karoo padloper, Karoo dwarf tortoise, Boulenger's Cape tortoise Chersobius signatus, speckled...
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formerly included in Homopus were reclassified[when?] into the genus Chersobius,[citation needed] leaving two remaining as Homopus: the common padloper...
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have weighed over 2,200 kg (4,900 lb). The smallest living turtle is Chersobius signatus of South Africa, measuring no more than 10 cm (3.9 in) in length...
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blindsnake Gonyosoma boulengeri (Mocquard, 1897) – rhinoceros ratsnake Chersobius boulengeri Duerden, 1906 – Karoo padloper Liolaemus boulengeri Koslowsky...
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Centrochelys Genus Chelonoidis Genus Chersina - angulate tortoise Genus Chersobius Genus Geochelone Genus Gopherus Genus Homopus Genus Indotestudo Genus...
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denticulatus Chelonoidis duncanensis Chelonoidis vandenburghi Chersobius signatus Chersobius solus Geochelone elegans Geochelone gigantea Gopherus agassizii...
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