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Homopus signatus (Speckled padloper)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Anapsida > Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > Cryptodira > Family: Testudinidae > Genus: Homopus

Homopus signatus (Speckled padloper) Homopus signatus (Speckled padloper)
Homopus signatus, Northern Cape. [photo Phelps T.; Els J.C. & Bezuidenhout R. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum] Homopus signatus, Western Cape. [photo Grundlingh F. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]
Homopus signatus (Speckled padloper) Homopus signatus (Speckled padloper)

Homopus signatus, Western Cape. [photo Grundlingh F. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]