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Homopus areolatus (Parrot-beaked tortoise)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Anapsida > Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > Cryptodira > Family: Testudinidae > Genus: Homopus

Homopus areolatus (Parrot-beaked tortoise) Homopus areolatus (Parrot-beaked tortoise)
Homopus areolatus, Eastern Cape. [photo Coetzer A. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum] Homopus areolatus, Western Cape. [photo Dorse C. & van Rooyen S. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]
Homopus areolatus (Parrot-beaked tortoise) Homopus areolatus (Parrot-beaked tortoise)

Homopus areolatus, Witsand, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]

Homopus areolatus, Western Cape. [photo Huisamen J. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]