Testudovestis Hodgson, 2021
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.3 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AD147734-6BFE-49AB-98C9-7B911D8FF38E |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5222981 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E3AAC3F-FFA5-FF9B-FF04-FD56E2C9FC7C |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Testudovestis Hodgson |
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gen. nov. |
Testudovestis Hodgson gen. nov.
Type species: Testudovestis africana Hodgson , spec. nov.
Generic diagnosis: As this genus is currently monotypic, the description of the adult female is the generic diagnosis.
Generic name derivation: Testudo (Latin, feminine), meaning tortoise (referring to the tortoise-like appearance of the dorsal derm), and vestis (Latin, feminine), meaning garment.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.