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Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock, 1903)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Reptilia
order
Testudines
family
Testudinidae
genus
Malacochersus
species
Malacochersus tornieri

Name

Synonyms
Malocochersus tornieri Mertens Et Al., 1934
Testudo loveridgii Boulenger, 1920
Testudo tornieri Siebenrock, 1903
Homonyms
Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock, 1903)
Common names
African Pancake Tortoise in English
Pancake Tortoise in English
Pancake Tortoise in English
Spaltenschildkröte in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. (2006) Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp.
  2. Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. (1991) A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys.: Syntarsus 1: 1—70
  3. Böttcher, M. (2007) Die Versorgung von Reptilien in der Terrarienhaltung mit ultraviolettem Licht.: Elaphe 15 (1): 32-37
  4. Chansa, W. & Wagner, P. (2006) On the status of Malacochersus tornieri (SIEBENROCK, 1903) in Zambia.: Salamandra 42 (2-3): 187-190
  5. Cimatti, E. (2006) African Jewels: Tanzania on foot.: Reptilia (GB) (46): 65-70
  6. Cimatti, E. (2006) Reptile Parks in Tanzania.: Reptilia (GB) (48): 52-59
  7. Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989) Turtles of the World.: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London
  8. Hennen, U. (2001) Categories of the Red List.: Radiata 10 (3): 23-28
  9. Hughes, B. (1986) Longevity Records of African Captive Amphibians and Reptiles: Part 1: Introduction and Species List 1 - Amphibians and Chelonians.: Jour. Herp. Ass. Afr. (32): 1-5
  10. Ireland, L.C.; Gans, C. (1972) The adaptive significance of the flexible shell of the tortoise Malacochersus tornieri.: Animal Behaviour 20:778-781
  11. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  12. Kirkpatrick, David T. (1997) Pancake tortoises (Malacochersus tornieri).: Reptiles 5 (2): 76-81
  13. Lindholm W.A. (1929) Revidiertes Verzeichnis der Gattungen der rezenten Schildkröten nebst Notizen zur Nomenklatur einiger Arten.: Zoologischer Anzeiger 81(2): 275-295
  14. Lourenço, João M.; Julien Claude, Nicolas Galtier, Ylenia Chiari (2011) Dating cryptodiran nodes: Origin and diversification of the turtle superfamily Testudinoidea.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (1):
  15. Loveridge, Arthur & Williams, Ernest E. (1957) Revision of the African Tortoises and Turtles of the Suborder Cryptodira.: Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 115 (6): 163-557
  16. Loveridge,A. (1936) African reptiles and amphibians in the Field Museum of Natural History.: Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, 22 (1): 1-122
  17. Mertens, R. (1938) Über eine herpetologische Sammlung aus dem Gebiete des Njarasa-Grabens Ost-Afrikas.: Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Kolonial- und Übersee-Museum in Bremen 2 (1): 1-9 [no page numbers]
  18. Moll, Don; Klemens, Michael W. (1996) Ecological characteristics of pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri, in Tanzania.: Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 2 (1): 26-35
  19. Mwaya, R.T. (2009) The floristic composition of the habitat of Malacochersus tornieri at a hill in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.: Salamandra 45 (2): 115-118
  20. Procter, J. B. (1922) A study of the remarkable tortoise, Testudo loveridgii Blgr., and the morphogeny of the chelonian carapace.: Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1922: 483-526
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