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Cryptodira is commonly called the "Hidden-Neck Turtles" or the "Inside-Neck Turtles". Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira (side-necked turtles) in that they lower their necks and pull the heads straight back into the shells, instead of folding their necks sideways along the body under the shells' marginals.
Chersobius is a genus of tiny tortoises in the family Testudinidae, endemic to southern Africa. The genus includes the smallest tortoises in the world. All three species were previously assigned to the genus Homopus. [citation needed]
The common name internationally, serrated tortoise, stems from the characteristic, ray-like shell pattern and is shared by another tortoise species, Kinixys erosa. In southern Africa it is known by the unambiguous name of Kalahari tent tortoise , after its Kalahari habitat.
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Homopus is a genus of tiny tortoises in the family Testudinidae, endemic to southern Africa.Three species formerly included in Homopus were reclassified [when?] into the genus Chersobius, [citation needed] leaving two remaining as Homopus: the common padloper (H. areolatus) and the greater padloper (H. femoralis).
Testudinoidea is a superfamily within the suborder Cryptodira of the order Testudines. It includes the pond turtles (Family: Emydidae), Asian turtles (Family: Geoemydidae), the monotypic big-headed turtle (Family: Platysternidae), and the tortoises (Family: Testudinidae).
Chersobius signatus is the world's smallest species of tortoise (family Testudinidae). The species is commonly known as the speckled tortoise [1] [8] and also known locally as the speckled padloper [1] [9] and internationally as the speckled Cape tortoise. [1] A member of the genus Chersobius, it is endemic to South Africa. [9]
C. solus is threatened by traffic on roads, habitat destruction, and poaching for the pet trade. [citation needed] As the trade in collected Chersobius species is strictly illegal and any captive specimens are systematically registered in noncommercial studbooks in South Africa and Namibia, any commercial sale of Chersobius tortoises is almost without exception strictly illegal.