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Fauna - Vertebrates
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Speke's Hinged Tortoise

Kinixys spekii 

(SiSwati: lufudvu lwesiganga)


Southern African Red Data Status: Least Concern

Key Features: a hinging hind part of the carapace and upper jaw with a single beak
Comments: Occurs in the middleveld, lowveld and Lubombo regions, absent from the highveld.

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 32 records, from 1956/05/01 to 2020/11/01


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