Home's Hinge-back Tortoise

Home's Hinge-back Tortoise

Taxobox
name = Home's Hinge-back Tortoise


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Testudinidae
genus = "Kinixys"
species = "K. homeana"
binomial = "Kinixys homeana"
binomial_authority = Bell, 1827
synonyms =
The Home's Hinge-back Tortoise, Home's Hinged Tortoise, or Home's Hinged-backed Tortoise ("Kinixys homeana") is a species of turtle in the Testudinidae family.It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and possibly Togo.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and plantations .It is threatened by habitat loss.

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* Luiselli, L., Politano, E. & Lea, J. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11003/all Kinixys homeana] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.


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