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Tidbit:
The Angulate tortoise (Chersina angulata) is also called the 'Fighing tortoise' because males engage in rigorous combats trying to over turn each other.
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Angulate Tortoise Links
Chersina angulata
(photo by skilpad)
These offsite links are NOT intended as an endorsement. They are included merely for the convenience of obtaining more information about Angulate tortoises. As always, do your own homework!
Profiles & caresheets
- Arkive - Angulate tortoise
- AZ Online - Die Afrikanische Schnabelbrustschildkröte (in German)
- Cape Nature - Angulate tortoise
- The Care Center - Chersina angulata care, by Misty Corton, South Africa
- FL Museum of Natural History - brief description
- Honolulu Zoo - Bowsprit tortoise
- Info Tortuga - Tortuga angulada (in Spanish)
- IUCN/SSC - Chersina angulata, by Margaretha Hofmeyr, Oct 2009 (download the pdf file for a more extensive paper)
- Oudtshoorn - Western Cape, Angulate tortoise, Rooipens
- Reptile Channel - South Africa Tortoises, by Karl Switak
- Scarce - Angulate tortoise, by Ernst Baard
- Testudomaniac - La tortue angulée (in French)
- Turtles of the World - Chersina angulata; by Ernst, Altenburg, Barbour
- WCT - World Chelonian Trust, Differentiating Male and Female Chersina angulata, by Chris Tabaka DVM
Misc. pages
- Catalogue of Life - taxonomic tree, 2009 checklist, Chersina angulata
- Behler Chelonian Center - BCC, Angulate tortoise captive breeding program in California
- Chelonian Research Foundation - Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter, United States Import and Export of Live Turtles and Tortoises 1989-1997
- The Cold Blooded News - Rare Two-headed Tortoise Found in South Africa
- European Studbook Foundation - Chersina angulata, 1999-2009
- JVDI - Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, Dermatophilosis in captive tortoises, by Bemis, Patton & Ramsay, 1999; Excerpt: "Bowsprit and Egyptian tortoises are primarily dry habitat animals, prolonged exposure to an abnormally wet environment may have been a predisposing factor."
- The Herald - New threat to tortoises as healers use them to ward off evil spirits
- INTERPOL - Wildlife Crime Working Group of the international police organization, newsletter #58, Syndicates stripping Cape of flora and fauna (item #42), by Jason Warner, Jul 2009
- ISIS - International Species Information System, lists ISIS member institutions with Angulate tortoises
- SA Reptiles - SA bb, Indigenous chelonians, search for 'angulate tortoise' for posts and photos
- TSA - Turtle Survival Alliance, e-news; for example, the 2007 (first Angulate tortoise hatchling, BCC) and 2009 magazines (change to succulent diet, BCC) have bits of info on Angulate tortoises
- UWC - University of the Western Cape, South Africa, Chelonian Biodiversity and Conservation program, list of papers by Margaretha Hofmeyr, e.g. Genetic variation (2003)
- Veterinary Pathology - Intranuclear Coccidiosis in Tortoises: Nine Cases, by Garner et al., 2006
Abstracts
- Bio One - abstracts and articles (fee) from journals, e.g. African Zoology (AZ) and Journal of Herpetology (JoH); AZ: Sexual disparity in activity patterns and time budgets of angulate tortoises on Dassen Island (2006); JoH: Activity patterns of the Angulate tortoise on Dassen Island (2002); JoH: Egg Production in Chersina angulata: An Unusual Pattern in a Mediterranean Climate (2004)
- cat.inist - abstract, South African Journal of Science: Seasonal changes in the vegetation of island and mainland habitats of angulate tortoises in the Western Cape, South Africa; by Joshua, Hofmeyr, Henen, Weitz; 2005
- The Desert Tortoise Council - abstract, The Role of Tortoises in the Thicket Biome, South Africa; by Kerley, Mason, Weatherby; 1998
- Sabinet - abstract, Genetic variation in three Chersina angulata populations along the west coast of South Africa; by Lesia, Hofmeyr, D'Amato, 2003
- Wiley Interscience - abstract, Journal of Zoology: Shaping up to fight, sexual selection influences body shape and size in the fighting tortoise; by Mann, O'Riain, Hofmeyr; 2006
Books
- see the Angulate books page
Blogs
Photos
Videos
- Angulate tortoise - Angulate tortoises on Dassen Island, South Africa, posted Jan 2010
- Attack of the Killer tortoise - Angulate tortoise attacking the camera, Apr 2007
- Chersina angulata - želva rytířská, battling Angulate tortoises, Czech video posted Feb 2010
- Earth Touch - Angulate tortoise in Namaqualand, Sep 2008
- Killer tortoise - Angulate tortoise protecting the garden against cats, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Sep 2006
- Killer tortoise on eTV - tv coverage of the above video, South Africa, May 2007
- Namaqualand - landscape and vegetation, Jan 2009
- Namaqualand's bloom - shows local vegetation, an Angulate tortoise is at the end of the video, Sep 2009
- Toes and Toenails - Angulate tortoise walking, Jan 2007
Nature, parks, maps
- Addo Elephant National Park - has Angulates
- Cape Nature - map of nature reserves
- City of Cape Town - list of nature reserves owned or managed by the city, e.g. Macassar
- Dassen Island - west coast, South Africa (e.g. climate, plants, reptiles)
- EIC - The Cape Floristic Region Hotspot, has Angulates
- EOE - The Encyclopedia of Earth, Montane fynbos and Renosterveld form part of the Cape Floristic Region
- PlantZAfrica - plants native to southern Africa
- SANBI - Harold Porter National Botanical Garden, Cape fynbos region, has Angulate tortoises
- SANBI - Wildlife and Biodiversity of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (part of the Cape Floristic Region protected area)
- SANParks - national parks in South Africa; several parks have Angulates, e.g. Addo, Namaqua, Table Mtn, West Coast
- SARCA - Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment, Western Cape Province field trip, photos of fynbos and bushweld
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