Homopus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Testudinidae
- Genus
- Homopus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Homopus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Homopus
Homopus is a genus of tiny tortoises in the family Testudinidae, endemic to southern Africa. Three species formerly included in Homopus were reclassified into the genus Chersobius, leaving two remaining as Homopus: the common padloper (H. areolatus) and the greater padloper (H. femoralis).
...Homopus in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Padlopers
- English
- Cape Tortoises
- English
- Padlopers
- Japanese
- ヒラセリクガメ属
- Russian
- Плоскотелые черепахи
- Russian
- Плоские черепахи
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