#1695 · 🦎 reptiles

Angulate Tortoise

🇳🇱 Snavelborstlandschildpad ·Chersina angulata

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The angulate tortoise ( Chersina angulata ) is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and coastal scrub vegetation in South Africa. This tortoise in the only known member of the genus Chersina .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,143iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
10,143 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by August Friedrich Schweigger in 1812 (214 years ago).