Serrated tortoise

Serrated tortoise
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Testudinidae
Genus:	Psammobates
Species:	P. oculifer
Binomial name
	Psammobates oculifer; Kuhl, 1820
Synonyms
	Testudo oculifera Kuhl, 1820; Emys occilifera Gray, 1831 (ex errore); Emys oculifera Gray, 1831; Testudo semiserrata Smith, 1839; Clemmys oculifera Strauch, 1862; Peltastes semiserratus Gray, 1870; Chersinella oculifera Hewitt, 1933; Psammobates oculifera Hewitt, 1937; Psammobates oculifer Loveridge & Williams, 1957; Psammobates oculiferus Crumly, 1989;

The serrated tortoise (Psammobates oculifer) German: Kalahari-Strahlenschildkröte is a species of tortoise that occurs in the Kalahari Desert regions of southern Africa. Also known as the Kalahari tent tortoise, it is one of three members of the genus, Psammobates.

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[1] JCVI.org (Retrieved Feb. 25, 2010).

[Fritz_2007-2] Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 289–290. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

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