| 单词 | greater padloper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreater padloper Any of several small tortoises of the genus Homopus found in parts of southern Africa, esp. H. areolatus (more fully lesser padloper), of the Western Cape, and the pale-coloured H. femoralis (more fully greater padloper). Also called Cape tortoise. ΚΠ 1821 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. (ed. 2) 79 Here I saw the first land-tortoise, of the species called by the Dutch, Patlooper, from their generally keeping on the path-way or carriage-road.] 1821 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. (ed. 2) 439 Many tortoises crawl about the waste... A small species called Patlooper, is from four to five inches. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 360 Padlooper, a small tortoise is so named. 1937 Guide to Vertebrate Fauna of E. Cape Province (Albany Museum) II. 9 Homopus areolatus Thunb. Lesser Padloper or Areolated Tortoise (Parrot-beak Tortoise). 1988 M. Branch Explore Cape Flora 21 (caption) Tiny speckled padloper tortoise eats a beetle daisy. 2001 Chelonian Conservation & Biol. 3 468 Husbandry, behavior, and captive breeding of the Nama padloper, Homopus bergeri, from southwestern Namibia. < as lemmas |
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