This is a confusing genus to try to follow. There have been many changes and disagreement over what to officially name them.Very cool!!
I know nothing about this species can you point me in the direction of some basic info?
I did a google search and didn't find much.
Love the padlopers! Very interesting and such small tortoises. The speckled is the most attractive to me. I have never seen them here in the US. What is the "foundation" to which you are referring? Can you give some details about your enclosure? I recall you thought you would be getting a C. angulata. Did you get that as well?
thank you for sharing.
This is a confusing genus to try to follow. There have been many changes and disagreement over what to officially name them.
These are commonly called Speckled Padlopers. They are from the greater costal area of western S. Africa. Perhaps your search did not show much as they were until recently classified as Homopus signata but now accepted as Chersobius signata. There were 5 Homopus previously, but currently the Common Padloper - H. areolatus and the Greater Padloper - H. femoralis have kept the Homopus genus designation. The other 3 were put back in their own genus designation recently - Chersobius. So now there are 3 species in the Chersobius genus - C. boulengeri, C. signatus, and C.solus.
Thanks for the info!!Thanks, you’ll find more under the Homopus species but 2 subspecies or localities have been renamed to Chersobius. They are indeed endemic to South Africa and a very small population in Namaqualand. Here in Belgium/Netherlands we have a foundation aimed to improve genetic healthy captive insurance colonies. Smallest torts in the world but they make up with their ‘large’ personalities
Love the padlopers! Very interesting and such small tortoises. The speckled is the most attractive to me. I have never seen them here in the US. What is the "foundation" to which you are referring? Can you give some details about your enclosure? I recall you thought you would be getting a C. angulata. Did you get that as well?
thank you for sharing.
This is a confusing genus to try to follow. There have been many changes and disagreement over what to officially name them.
These are commonly called Speckled Padlopers. They are from the greater costal area of western S. Africa. Perhaps your search did not show much as they were until recently classified as Homopus signata but now accepted as Chersobius signata. There were 5 Homopus previously, but currently the Common Padloper - H. areolatus and the Greater Padloper - H. femoralis have kept the Homopus genus designation. The other 3 were put back in their own genus designation recently - Chersobius. So now there are 3 species in the Chersobius genus - C. boulengeri, C. signatus, and C.solus.
They are Stunning. I especially like the scutes at the back. They look like little horns growing.These guys can here from the foundation and would like to share some pics