The serrated tortoise (Psammobates oculifer) German: Kalahari-Strahlenschildkröte is a species of tortoise that occurs in the Kalahari Desert regions of southern Africa. Also known as the Kalahari tent tortoise, it is one of three members of the genus, Psammobates.
From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Serrated Tortoise being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Psammobates tentorius
- Geochelone elegans
- Pyxis arachnoides
- Kinixys zombensis
- Kinixys lobatsiana
- Stigmochelys pardalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Testudinidae
- Genus
- Psammobates
- Species
- Psammobates oculifer
Found one? Take a photo and B.inomen will suggest what it is, free.
Check your photo