The Museum of Evolution Zoology

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Catalogue no.: UPSZMC 192278
Taxon: Psammobates geometricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Label: Testudo geometrica Linnaeus, 1758
Collector: Mus. Thunberg
Country: South Africa
Province: Western Cape
Locality: Cape of Good Hope
Comments: Damaged shell (a scale fallen off) on a wooden pedestal. Thunberg label "Testudo geometrica delta Mus. Thun.". Probably then from Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, late 18th century.