Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Centrochelys
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African Spurred Tortoise
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Spornschildkröte
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Sporeskildpadde
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Centrochelys Gray (type species: Testudo sulcata Miller 1779) |
Contents:
1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included in
Geochelone. Revalidated as separate genus by Lapparent de Broin (2000), and although som authors have subsequently retained it as a synonym of
Geochelone (e.g., Le, Raxworthy, McCord & Mertz 2006; Fritz & Havas 2006), most recent works have regarded it as a valid genus (e.g., Broadley 2012; Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012).
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Centrochelys sulcata
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African Spurred Tortoise, Giant African Spurred Tortoise, Grooved Tortoise
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Spornschildkröte
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Sporeskildpadde
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Testudo sulcata Miller |
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Geochelone sulcata Fitzinger 1835 |
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Peltastes? sulcatus Gray 1869 |
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Centrochelys sulcatus Gray 1873 |
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1784 | |
Testudo calcarata Schneider [substitute name for Testudo sulcata Miller 1779] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Chersine calcarata Merrem 1820 |
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Testudo radiata var. senegalensis Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Geochelone senegalensis Fitzinger 1855 |
Remarks:
Reports from Somalia and Yemen are presumably in error.
Extinct in:
Djibouti,
Western Sahara.
Introduced to:
British Virgin Islands,
Martinique,
United Arab Emirates,
USA
(Florida).
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
South Sudan,
Sudan.
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Centrochelys sulcata
© Rune Midtgaard
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