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Greig, J. C. (1984). Conservation status of south african land tortoises, with special reference to the geometric tortoise (psammobates geometricus). Amphibia-Reptilia, 5(1), 27–30.
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| Resource type: Journal Article DOI: 10.1163/156853884X00057 BibTeX citation key: Greig1984 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Habitat = habitat, Homopus, Homopus areolatus, Psammobates, Psammobates geometricus, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Südafrika = Southern Africa, Testudinidae Creators: Greig Collection: Amphibia-Reptilia |
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Psammobates geometrica Testudinidae The geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus(L.), is one of eleven South African species. It is confined to the south-west Cape region. A 7.5 ha reserve of natural veld was established near Paarl in 1972. By 1976, 80P. geometricus and by 1980,170P. geometricus and 94 Homopus areolatus(THUNBERG) had been marked, work on the latter starting in 1979. The tortoise population was estimated at 260 ca. 10 ha-1), half being P. geometricus. Twenty P. geometricus were lost to predators, a bush-cutting machine and emigration. Twelve further P. geometricus areas have been identified, two of which have been formed into reserves. A large (3 000 ha) private nature reserve established in 1973 north ofPaarl hold the largest surviving populatio Added by: Admin Last edited by: Beate Pfau |