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Psammobates tentorius tentorius  (Bell, 1828)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 949898

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Testudo geometrica nigriventris Gray, 1856
  
    Chersinella tentoria tentorioides Hewitt, 1933
  
    Chersinella tentoria hexensis Hewitt, 1933
  
    Testudo tentoria Bell, 1828
  
    Chersinella tentoria albanica Hewitt, 1933
  
    Chersinella tentoria piscatella Hewitt, 1933
  
    Chersinella tentoria subsulcata Hewitt, 1933
  
    Chersinella tentoria karuica Hewitt, 1933
  
    Chersinella tentoria duerdeni Hewitt, 1933
  
    Chersinella tentoria lativittata Hewitt, 1933
  
    Chersinella tentoria karuella Hewitt, 1933
  
  Common Name(s): Southern Tent Tortoise [English]
  
    Common Tent Tortoise [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1869  
                               SuperfamilyTestudinoidea Batsch, 1788  
                                  FamilyTestudinidae Batsch, 1788 – Tortoises  
                                     SubfamilyTestudininae Batsch, 1788  
                                        GenusPsammobates Fitzinger, 1835 – South African Star Tortoises  
                                           SpeciesPsammobates tentorius (Bell, 1828) – Tent Tortoise  
                                              SubspeciesPsammobates tentorius tentorius (Bell, 1828) – Southern Tent Tortoise, Common Tent Tortoise  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.]  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8   
  Page(s): x + 472   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Psammobates tentorius tentorius, Common Tent Tortoise [English], Southern Tent Tortoise [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour]  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7   
  Page(s): 329-479   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Psammobates tentorius tentorius, Common Tent Tortoise [English], Southern Tent Tortoise [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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