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Berger's Cape Tortoise

Educational resources on Berger's Cape Tortoise

Berger's Cape Tortoise or Homopus bergeri is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to C2a. IUCN Profile of the Berger's Cape Tortoise

Academic web links for the Berger's Cape Tortoise.


EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Homopus bergeri (Berger's Cape ...
Original Description Lindholm 1906: 348 Holotype Not located Type Locality Gibeon, Gross-Namaqualand [Namibia] Original name Homopus bergeri Common Name
emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/species/Homopusbergeri/Homopusbergeri.html

EMYSystem Species Page: Homopus bergeri (Berger's Cape tortoise)
Original Description: Lindholm 1906: 348: Type Locality : Gibeon, Gross-Namaqualand [Namibia] Holotype : Not located: Original name
emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Homopusbergeri/Homopusbergeri.html

EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Homopus (Cape Tortoises)
...species list H. areolatus (Beaked Cape Tortoise) H. bergeri (Berger's Cape tortoise) H. boulengeri (Boulenger's Cape Tortoise) H. femoralis (Karroo Cape Tortoise)
emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/genus/Homopus/Homopus.html

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Martin Luther King Jr.
"Fauna of Namibia" The following 51 pages are in this category ... Berger's Cape Tortoise; Black-backed Jackal; Black-footed Cat; Blue Duiker; Brown Fur Seal
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Category%3AFauna_of...

Carl F. H. Henry
Homopus bergeri, Berger's Cape Tortoise, Nama padloper, synonym Homopus solus; Indotestudo. Indotestudo elongata, Elongated Tortoise; Indotestudo forstenii, Travancore Tortoise, Forsten
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Tortoise&Itemid=350

CITES
Berger's Cape Tortoise: II: TESTUDINIDAE: Homopus boulengeri: Boulenger's Cape Tortoise: II: TESTUDINIDAE: Homopus femoralis: Karoo Cape Tortoise: II: TESTUDINIDAE
web.as.uky.edu/biology/faculty/palmer/cites.htm







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