Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 16

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13236926

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scientific name

Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863
status

 

Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863 View in CoL

Speke’s Hinge-back Tortoise

Comments: One specimen ( Figs. 5P–R View Fig ) was found in mushito at Nkwaji. The carapace was hinged between the 7 th and 8 th marginals. The specimen was photographed and released.

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Fig. 5. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree inferred from nucleotide sequence data from mitochondrial 16S rRNA of Phrynobatrachus natalensis. Numbers above branches are non-parametric bootstrap support values.Specimen vouchers or GenBank accession numbers are shown in parentheses. Colored polygons highlight the clades comprising specimens from this study. (*) Nearest sample from type locality of Phrynobatrachus natalensis; (**) Haplotype groups A and B in Zimkus and Schick (2010).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Testudines

Order

Cryptodira

Family

Testudinidae

Genus

Kinixys