Summary ²

Homopus areolatus, commonly known as the common padloper or parrot-beaked tortoise, is a tiny species of tortoise of the Homopus genus, indigenous to the southern part of South Africa.

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1. (c) Gawie Malan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gawie Malan
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homopus_areolatus

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