A new species of tortoise of the genus homopus (chelonia: Testudinidae) from southern namibia

Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Branch, William R ^a,b  

^a PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Homopus; Homopus bergeri; Namibia; New species; Testudinidae

Indexed keywords

HOMOPUS; HOMOPUS BERGERI; HOMOPUS BOULENGERI; PSAMMOBATES TENTORIUS; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 34547238617     PISSN: 04416651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2007.9635550     Document Type: Article

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