Chersina | |
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Angulate tortoise(Chersina angulata) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Testudinidae |
Genus: | Chersina Gray, 1830 |
Species | |
Chersina is a genus oftortoises in the familyTestudinidae. It contains a single living species, theangulate tortoise.[1] A fossil species,Chersina langebaanwegi, is known from the Early Pliocene ofSouth Africa.[2]