Biology:Stigmochelys
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Stigmochelys, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma), meaning "spot", and χέλυς (khélus), meaning "turtle", is a genus of tortoise endemic to Africa. Stigmochelys pardalis, the leopard tortoise, is the only extant species.[1] Leopard tortoises were once placed in the genus Geochelone along with many other large tortoises.[2] Two fossil species are known:
- †Stigmochelys brachygularis Laetoli beds, Tanzania, Pliocene carapace length 40–50 centimetres (1.3–1.6 ft).[3]
- †Stigmochelys crassa Kenya, Miocene-Pliocene carpace length >70 centimetres (2.3 ft)[3]
References
- ↑ Stigmochelys at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2014). "Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status". Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. pp. 329–479. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014. ISBN 978-0965354097. http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v7_2014.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Georgalis, Georgios L.; Macaluso, Loredana; Delfino, Massimo (2021-04-02). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Afro-Arabian Turtles of the Clade Testudinoidea". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 62 (1): 103. doi:10.3374/014.062.0103. ISSN 0079-032X. Bibcode: 2021BPMNH..62..103G. https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/202401/1/014.062.0103.pdf.
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