Serrated hinge-back tortoise  (Kinixys erosa)

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Glossary

Carrion: Dead flesh.
Invertebrates: Animals with no backbone.
Omnivorous: An organism that feeds on both plants and animals.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (September, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Spawls, S., Howell, K., Drewes, R.C. and Ashe, J. (2004) Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, London.
  3. CITES (October, 2007)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Burnie, D. (2001) Animal. Dorling Kindersley, London.
  5. Alderton, D. (1988) Turtles and Tortoises of the World. Blandford Press, London.
  6. Ernst, C.H., Altenburg, R.G.M. and Barbour, R.W. (1997) Turtles of the World. ETI Information Systems Ltd, Netherlands. Available at:
    http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/turtles.php
  7. Luiselli, L. (2005) Aspects of comparative thermal ecology of sympatric hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys homeana and Kinixys erosa) in the Niger Delta, southern Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology, 43 (1): 64 - 69.
  8. Luiselli, L. (2003) Seasonal activity patterns and diet divergence of three sympatric Afrotropical tortoise species (genus Kinixys). Contributions to Zoology, 72 (4): 211 - 220.
  9. Luiselli, L. (2003) Comparative abundance and population structure of sympatric Afrotropical tortoises in six rainforest areas: the differential effects of “traditional veneration” and of “subsistence hunting” by local people. Acta Oecologica, 24 (3): 157 - 163.