Homopus areolatus (Thunberg 1787)
- Dataset
- A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Thunberg, C. P. (1787) Beskrifning pa trenne skold-paddor. [Descriptionofthreeturtles]. KongligaVetenskapsAcademiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm, (2) 8, 178 - 180. [in Swedish]
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Testudinidae
- genus
- Homopus
- species
- Homopus areolatus
materials_examined
Holotype: Not located; possibly MNHN.
materials_examined
Holotype: Not located; possibly MNHN. Testudo africana Hermann 1804: 218 Holotype: Not located; possibly ZMUS. Chersine tetradactyla Merrem 1820: 32 Holotype: Not located. Testudo areolata pallida Gray 1831: 13 Holotype: Not located; possibly OUM, although not listed by Nowak-Kemp & Fritz (2010).
materials_examined
Holotype: UPSZTY 298 (formerly UUZM 298 and ZIUS 298; Thunberg 1828: 49).