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Wide variation in carapacial scute patterns in a natural population of speckled tortoises, Homopus signatus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Victor J.T. Loehr --- , NetherlandsThe arrangement of scutes on the carapaces of extant chelonians is very similar among species, but intraspecific deviations from typical scute patterns are common. Because intraspecific variation may relate to inbreeding depression, unfavourable egg incubation conditions and the presence of... -
Morphometrics and sexual dimorphism of the hinge‐back tortoises Kinixys erosa and Kinixys homeana (Reptilia: Testudinidae) in southwestern Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: DwightP. Lawson --- The University of Texas at Arlington, U.S.A.Morphometric data on a series of forest‐dwelling hingeback tortoises, 138 Kinixys erosa and 74 Kinixys homeana, from the Southwest Province of Cameroon, Africa, where they are sympatric, are presented. The two species exhibited opposite trends in sexual size dimorphism. Unique... -
Morphometrics, sexual dimorphism, and growth in the angonoka tortoise (Geochelone yniphora) of western Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: LoraL. Smith --- University of Florida, USA Miguel Pedrono --- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France RobertM. Dorazio --- U.S. Geological Survey, USA Jack Bishko --- University of Florida, USAThe most recent description of the morphology of the rare endemic Madagascar tortoise, Geochelone yniphora was based on fewer than 20 specimens. We collected morphological data for 200 free‐ranging tortoises from five populations over a four‐year period. Tortoises ranged in... -
A new species of tortoise of the genus Homopus (Chelonia: Testudinidae) from southern Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South AfricaHomopus bergeri Lindholm 1906 was based on a single partial shell from Namibia. No other Homopus were recorded from the country until a population of Homopus was discovered in the Aus region, southern Namibia, in 1955. It was originally referred... -
Food choice of an Algerian population of the spur‐thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Rachid Rouag --- Centre universitaire d'El Tarf, Algerie Chahira Ferrah --- Université Badji Mokhtar, Algérie Luca Luiselli --- Centre of Environmental Studies Demetra s.r.l, Italia Ghoulem Tiar --- Université Badji Mokhtar, Algérie Slim Benyacoub --- Université Badji Mokhtar, Algérie Nadia Ziane --- Université Badji Mokhtar, Algérie El Hassan El Mouden --- Université Cadi Ayyad, MarocThe diet of an Algerian population of spur‐thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) was studied with the aims of exploring: (i) the variation in diet among males, females and juveniles, (ii) the relationships between consumption and relative availability of the plant species,...