The Museum of Evolution Zoology

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Catalogue no.: UPSZMC 192287
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: Thunberg label glued to the shell. Thunberg Testudo geometrica specimens (beta) listed in the 1828 Thunberg catalog. Probably then from Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, late 18th century (P. Cárdenas, May 2024).