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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roads, overgrazing, and poaching for the pet trade. Among the Chersobius species, C. signatus adapts well to captivity, as their diets are not highly specialized...
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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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Pleistocene Chersobius Fitzinger, 1835 Chersobius boulengeri, Karoo padloper, Karoo dwarf tortoise, Boulenger's Cape tortoise Chersobius signatus, speckled...
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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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denticulatus Chelonoidis duncanensis Chelonoidis vandenburghi Chersobius signatus Chersobius solus Geochelone elegans Geochelone gigantea Gopherus agassizii...
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