Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Testudinidae Bibliography of the genus Chersina Biodiversity of the family Testudinidae Genus Chersina Angulate Tortoise Afrikanische Schnabelbrustschildkröte Afrikansk Plovskildpadde 1831 Chersina Gray in Griffith [not Chersina Humphrey 1797 (Gastropoda; nomen illegitimum, ICZN 1956: Direction 32)] (type species: Testudo angulata Schweigger 1812) 1929 Goniochersus Lindholm (type species: Testudo angulata Schweigger 1812; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) 1931 Neotestudo Hewitt (type species: Testudo angulata Schweigger 1812; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Bour & Ohler (2008) presented an overview of the confused history of the names Chersine Merrem 1820, and Chersina Gray 1831. Distribution: As for the single species. Chersina angulata Angulate Tortoise, South African Bowsprit Tortoise Afrikanische Schnabelbrustschildkröte Afrikansk Plovskildpadde 1812 Testudo angulata Schweigger Chersina angulata Gray 1831 Neotestudo angulata Hewitt 1931 Goniochersus angulatus Mertens, Müller & Rust 1934 Chersine angulata Hewitt 1937 Goniocherus angulatus Mertens & Wermuth 1955 1812 Testudo tabulata var. africana Schweigger [not Testudo africana Hermann 1804] (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1828 Testudo bellii Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) Remarks: According to Fritz & Havas (2006), Namibian records are doubtful. Distribution: Namibia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape).