Stigmochelys pardalis

Psammobates pardalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Division: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Stigmochelys
Species: Stigmochelys pardalis
Subspecies: S. p. babcocki – S. p. pardalis

Name

Stigmochelys pardalis (Bell, 1828)
- - - Holotype: MCZ R-40003
- Type locality: Cape Province, Republic of South Africa.

References

Bell, T. 1828. Descriptions of three new species of land tortoises. Zoological Journal. London. 3: 419-421.

Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). (ISBN: 978-1-5323-5026-9). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Bergskilpad
Deutsch: Pantherschildkröte
English: Leopard Tortoise
español: Tortuga leopardo
français: Tortue léopard
日本語: ヒョウモンガメ
Nederlands: Panterschildpad
português: Tartaruga-leopardo
ไทย: เต่าเสือดาว

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