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Red-footed tortoises have many common names: red-leg, red-legged, or red-foot tortoise (often without the hyphen) and the savanna tortoise, as well as local names, such as carumbe or karumbe, which means 'slow moving' (Brazil, Paraguay), wayapopi or morrocoy (Venezuela, Colombia), and variations of jabuti such as japuta and jabuti-piranga (Brazil, Argentina). [5]
Chersobius is a genus of tiny tortoises in the family Testudinidae, endemic to southern Africa. The genus includes the smallest tortoises in the world. All three species were previously assigned to the genus Homopus. [citation needed]
Homopus is a genus of tiny tortoises in the family Testudinidae, endemic to southern Africa.Three species formerly included in Homopus were reclassified [when?] into the genus Chersobius, [citation needed] leaving two remaining as Homopus: the common padloper (H. areolatus) and the greater padloper (H. femoralis).
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Chersobius signatus is the world's smallest species of tortoise (family Testudinidae). The species is commonly known as the speckled tortoise [1] [8] and also known locally as the speckled padloper [1] [9] and internationally as the speckled Cape tortoise. [1] A member of the genus Chersobius, it is endemic to South Africa. [9]
The angulate tortoise (Chersina angulata) is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and coastal scrub vegetation in South Africa. It is the only living member of the genus Chersina . 1830s illustration, under the synonym " Testudo angulata "
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Testudo, the Mediterranean tortoises, are a genus of tortoises found in North Africa, Western Asia, and Europe. Several species are under threat in the wild, mainly from habitat destruction . Background