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pardalis pardalis VS pardalis babcocki

nicolaas
Posted Aug 6, 2007 1:27 PM
kirana1
Genève, CH
Post #: 1
i will introsuce my self
my name kirana from indonesia
i have 4 pardalis but i still confuse to determine the difference between pardalis pardalis and pardalis babcocki

could somebody told me the difference

thanks for your kindness
Kim Gibson
Posted Mar 19, 2008 5:46 PM
user 6765438
Pensacola, FL
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I see this message is old but has no replies.
I will try...
Both being subspecies of the leopard tortoise and coming from different ranges of Africa. The pardalis has 2 spots in its scutes and the babcoki has only one.
A wonderful book that explains more is:
Chelonian Library Leopard- and African Spurred Tortoise
by Holger Vetter
Even tho the book was writen pre Geolechone it is a wonderful book.
HTH
Kim
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