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Cape Tortoises
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Cape Tortoises

Homopus

Homopus is a genus of tiny tortoises in the Testudinidae family, endemic to southern Africa. The genus includes the smallest tortoises in the world.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Parrot-beaked Tortoise

speciesHomopus areolatus

Karoo Tortoise

speciesHomopus femoralis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40073.