Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) road mortality and extralimital occurrence in Western Cape, South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Baxter-Gilbert, J. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Riley, J. L. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-10T08:48:02Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-30T10:03:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-10T08:48:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-30T10:03:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-12-24 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Baxter-Gilbert, J. & Riley, J. L. 2019. Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) road mortality and extralimital occurrence in Western Cape, South Africa. Biodiversity Observations, 10(10.12):1–4, doi:10.15641/bo.v10i0.732. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at https://journals.uct.ac.za | |
| dc.description.abstract | During field surveys in the Spring of 2018 we made two observations of Leopard Tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis) on roadsides near Lambert's Bay, WC, South Africa. One was a deceased adult female, killed as a result of a tortoise-vehicle collision. The other was a live adult females, which was move off the road in the direction she was headed. These observations illustrate that even the largest tortoise species in the region can be suseptable to road mortlaity, a known threat of turtle and torioses populations globally. Furthermore, these observations occured well outside the species presumed native range and listed introduced range. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/article/view/732 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 5 pages : illustrations | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Baxter-Gilbert, J. & Riley, J. L. 2019. Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) road mortality and extralimital occurrence in Western Cape, South Africa. Biodiversity Observations, 10(10.12):1–4, doi:10.15641/bo.v10i0.732. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.15641/bo.v10i0.732 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/122725 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | University of Cape Town Libraries | |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | |
| dc.subject | Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) -- South Africa -- Western Cape | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Traffic fatalities -- South Africa -- Western Cape | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) -- Mortality | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) road mortality and extralimital occurrence in Western Cape, South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |