Kinixys belliana Gray, 1831

Conradie, Werner, Keates, Chad, Verburgt, Luke, Baptista, Ninda L., Harvey, James, Júlio, Timóteo & Neef, Götz, 2022, Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi River drainages. Part 2: Lizards (Sauria), chelonians, and crocodiles, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 322) 16 (2), pp. 181-214 : 209

Kinixys belliana Gray, 1831

Bell’s Hinge-back Tortoise ( Fig. 43 , Map 40) Observations: Camp at side tributary (Luandai River) of the Luanguinga River, -13.70885 ° 21.26234 °, 1,116 m asl; Samanunga village, approx. -12.93169° 18.81458°; between Tempué and Cuanavale, approx. -13.07438° 18.9075°. Habitat and natural history notes: All specimens were collected or encountered in miombo woodland. Comment: According to the revision of the Kinixys genus by Kindler et al. (2012), eastern Angolan material should be assigned to Kinixys belliana .

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Fig. 43.Adult female Kinixys belliana from Samanunga village. Photo by Werner Conradie.