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Stigmochelys pardalis (Bell, 1828)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Bell, T. Descriptions of three new species of land tortoises.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Testudinidae
genus
Stigmochelys
species
Stigmochelys pardalis

Name

Synonyms
Centrochelys pardalis (Bell, 1828)
Geochelone pardalis (Bell, 1828)
Geochelone pardalis pardalis
Megachersine pardalis Hewitt, 1933
Psammobates pardalis Le, Raxworthy, McCord & Mertz, 2006
Testudo armata Boie
Testudo biguttata Cuvier, 1829
Testudo bipunctata Gray, 1831
Testudo pardalis Bell, 1828
Testudo pardalis babcocki Loveridge, 1935
Homonyms
Stigmochelys pardalis (Bell, 1828)
Common names
Bergskilpad in Afrikaans
Eastern Leopard Tortoise in English
Eli [el-lee] in Amharic
Ggupe-ko in language.
Khudu-kgomo in language.
Khudutlou in Tswana
Kobe in Swahili
Leopard Tortoise in English
Leopard Tortoise in English
Leopard Tortoise in English
Leopard tortoise in English
Leopardenschildkröte in German
Leopardskildpadde in Danish
Leopardskilpadde in Norwegian Bokmål
Luipaardschildpad in Dutch
Panterschildpad in Dutch
Pantherschildkröte in German
Tartaruga-leopardo in Portuguese
Testuggine leopardo in Italian
Testuggine leopardo centrafricana in Italian
Testuggine leopardo sudafricana in Italian
Tortue léopard in French
Tortue léopard (La) in French
Tortue léopard (La) in French
Tortuga leopardo in Spanish
Western Leopard Tortoise in English
leopardikilpikonna in Finnish
leopárdteknős in Hungarian
northern leopard tortoise in English
Żółw lamparci in Polish
želva pardálí in Czech
Леопардовая черепаха in Russian
Пантеровая черепаха in Russian
Черепаха леопардова in Ukrainian
سلحفاة نمرية in Arabic
เต่าเสือดาว in Thai
ヒョウモンガメ in Japanese
豹紋龜 in Chinese
레오파드육지거북 in Korean
웨스턴 레오파드 육지거북 in Korean
이스턴 레오파드 육지거북 in Korean
표범무늬육지거북 in Korean
Leopard Tortoise in English
Bergskilpad in Afrikaans
Eli [el-lee] in Amharic
Kobe in Swahili
Tortue léopard in French
Tortuga leopardo in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
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