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Nama Padloper
''Chersobius solus'', Common name, commonly known as the Nama dwarf tortoise, the Nama padloper, and Berger's cape tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the Family (biology), family Testudinidae. website, retrieved 1 July 2013. www.reptile-database.org. The species is Endemism, endemic to Namibia. Conservation status ''C. solus'' is threatened by traffic on roads, habitat destruction, and poaching for the pet trade. As the trade in collected ''Chersobius '' species is strictly illegal and any captive specimens are systematically registered in noncommercial studbooks in South Africa and Namibia, any commercial sale of ''Chersobius'' tortoises is almost without exception strictly illegal. Another threat comes from introduced species, such as domestic dogs and pigs. In captivity |
William Roy Branch
William Roy "Bill" Branch (12 May 1946, London, England – 14 October 2018, Port Elizabeth, South Africa) was a British-South-African herpetologist. Branch studied at the University of Southampton where he remained until completing his Ph.D. degree (''Studies on a foetal-specific alpha-globulin FPin the rabbit'' ). From 1972 he worked as a scientist in the Life Sciences Division of the Atomic Energy Board in Pretoria doing research on, inter alia, liver cancer, but returned to the University of Southampton in 1976 to take up a post-doctoral research fellowship in the Department of Biology studying the synthesis of chemicals in the liver of foetal rabbits. He started working at Port Elizabeth Museum in 1979 and retired in 2011, when he was appointed as Research Associate and Curator Emeritus. Over a period of almost 40 years he conducted field work in about 20 African countries and played a major role in building up the large reptile and amphibian collections at the Museum. Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |