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Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock, 1903)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Reptilia
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order
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Testudines
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family
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Testudinidae
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genus
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Malacochersus
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species
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Malacochersus tornieri
Bibliographic References
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Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. (2006) Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp.
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Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. (1991) A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys.: Syntarsus 1: 1—70
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Böttcher, M. (2007) Die Versorgung von Reptilien in der Terrarienhaltung mit ultraviolettem Licht.: Elaphe 15 (1): 32-37
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Chansa, W. & Wagner, P. (2006) On the status of Malacochersus tornieri (SIEBENROCK, 1903) in Zambia.: Salamandra 42 (2-3): 187-190
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Cimatti, E. (2006) African Jewels: Tanzania on foot.: Reptilia (GB) (46): 65-70
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Cimatti, E. (2006) Reptile Parks in Tanzania.: Reptilia (GB) (48): 52-59
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Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989) Turtles of the World.: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London
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Hennen, U. (2001) Categories of the Red List.: Radiata 10 (3): 23-28
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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
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Ireland, L.C.; Gans, C. (1972) The adaptive significance of the flexible shell of the tortoise Malacochersus tornieri.: Animal Behaviour 20:778-781
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Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
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Kirkpatrick, David T. (1997) Pancake tortoises (Malacochersus tornieri).: Reptiles 5 (2): 76-81
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Lindholm W.A. (1929) Revidiertes Verzeichnis der Gattungen der rezenten Schildkröten nebst Notizen zur Nomenklatur einiger Arten.: Zoologischer Anzeiger 81(2): 275-295
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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):
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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
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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
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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]
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Moll, Don; Klemens, Michael W. (1996) Ecological characteristics of pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri, in Tanzania.: Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 2 (1): 26-35
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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
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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