Centrochelys sulcata ( Gray, 1872 )

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 249

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968158
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scientific name	Centrochelys sulcata ( Gray, 1872 )
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Treatment

Centrochelys sulcata ( Gray, 1872) View in CoL — Non-native; Introduced.

African Spurred Tortoise

Singapore records.

No published records.

Remarks. Native to the arid regions across central Africa (TTWG 2021), one individual of C. sulcata was photographed at NSSF on 3 September 2014 (L. Neo pers. comm.).

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Genus Geochelone Fitzinger, 1835 (1 species)

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Testudines
SubOrder	Serpentes
Family	Testudinidae
Genus	Centrochelys

Specimens

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