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Centrochelys sulcata (MILLER, 1779)

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Higher TaxaTestudinidae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sahel Tortoise, African Spurred Tortoise
G: Spornschildkröte 
SynonymTestudo sulcata MILLER 1779: plate 26
Testudo calcarata SCHNEIDER 1784 (nom. subst. pro T. sulcata Miller)
Testudo radiata [var.] senegalensis GRAY 1831
Testudo sulcata — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835: 74
Testudo sulcata — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 220
Testudo sulcata — SOWERBY 1872
Geochelone sulcata — PRITCHARD 1967
Geochelone sulcata — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 249
Centrochelys sulcata — DEVAUX 2004
Geochelone sulcata — VALVERDE 2004
Centrochelys sulcata — VALVERDE 2005
Geochelone sulcata — LE et al. 2006
Centrochelys (Geochelone) sulcata — BONIN et al 2006
Centrochelys sulcata — CHIRIO & LEBRETON 2007
Centrochelys sulcata — TRAPE, CHIRIO & TRAPE 2012
Centrochelys sulcata — TTWG 2014
Centrochelys sulcata — TTWG 2021 
DistributionEthiopia, Eritrea, Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Chad, Niger, Mali, S Mauritania, Senegal, Central African Republic (range generally lies along the southern perimeter of the Sahara Desert), Cameroon

Type locality: "India orientali" (in error); incorrectly listed as "Westindien" by Wermuth and Mertens 1961:224, and Wermuth and Mertens 1977:90.  
Reproductionoviparous. Temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) fide Nemesházi & Bókony 2023. 
TypesHolotype: unlocated; although ZSM 2753/0 has the notation 'lectotype' in the museum's species catalog: however, this number is three juveniles of Geochelol/e deniculata according to Crumly (pers. comm., cited in Iverson 1992) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1874 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Testudo sulcata MILLER 1779 is the type species of the genus Centrochelys GRAY 1872. 
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