Title:

Testudinidae: Psammobates oculifer Kuhl , 1820 - Serrated Tent Tortoise

Publication Year:
2015
Abstract:

Psammobates oculifer has been reported as typically dormant or semi-dormant over extended periods during the colder winter months in southern Africa i.e., at least 4-5 months (Boycott & Bourquin 2000); while Branch (2008) reports dormancy from March-September with individuals often half buried in red sand. Cunningham (2014) notes that a single, adult animal maintained in an urban garden (indigenous plants) in Windhoek, Namibia during 2013 settled into sustained winter dormancy for a period of more than four months between May and September at the base of a Aloe arborescens, although "it regularly shifted body position".

Series Title:
African Herp News
Series Number:
62
Pages:
28-29
Type:
Newsletter
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en
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