Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 36

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13226803

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0389D162-7552-8B3C-FF22-A314FEB6F8CB

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863
status

 

Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863 View in CoL

Speke’s Hinged Tortoise

Photograph: VMUS 158897

Seen around Park Headquarters and visitor’s center. This species is widespread in Zambia ( Broadley 1971a). These records are about 100 km north of the nearest known population in the Zambezi Region of Namibia ( Branch 1998).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Testudines

Order

Cryptodira

Family

Testudinidae

Genus

Kinixys

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