The padloper s tortuous path (Chelonia: Testudinidae): Two genera, not one Author Hofmeyr, Margaretha D. Chelonian Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X 17, Bellville 7535, South Africa; Author Branch, William R. Department of Herpetology, Port Elizabeth Museum, PO Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa; & Department of Zoology, PO Box 77000, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa text African Journal of Herpetology 2018 2018-02-26 67 2 99 112 https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2017.1398187 journal article 310316 10.1080/21564574.2017.1398187 e28330f5-e74d-4a8e-b725-ec3dcf45facd 2153-3660 15555774

Table 4: Summary of the morphological differences between Homopus and Chersobius.

Character	Homopus			Chersobius
	areolatus	femoralis	boulengeri	signatus	solus
Claws on fore limbs	4	4	5	5	5
Inguinal number;	0–7; No	0–9; No	1; Yes	1; Yes	1; Yes
femoral contact
Pectoral to humeral or	Shorter	Shorter	Longer	Longer	Longer
anal sutures
Nuchal shape	Long, tapered	Long, tapered	Short	Short	Short
Forelimb scales	3–4 Large	3–4 Large	5–6 Smaller rows	5–6 Smaller rows	5–6 Smaller rows
	rows	rows
4th–5th Vertebral	Narrow	Narrow	Broad	Broad	Broad
suture
Plastral concavity	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Buttock tubercles	Absent or	Present	Present	Present	Absent
	small
Marginal scute number	10–11	10–11	12 (97%)	12 (89%)	11–12
Prefrontal size	Large	Large	Elongate, paired	Elongate, paired	Fragmented
Glans penis	U-shaped	U-shaped	Heart shaped	Heart shaped	Heart shaped
Terminal fleshy tip to	Weakly	Weakly	Well developed	Well developed	Well developed
penis	developed	developed
Plica externa	Weakly	Weakly	Raised, well	Raised, well	Raised, well
	developed	developed	developed	developed	developed
Plica interna	Small	Large, paired	Large, paired	Large, paired	Large, paired
Plica media	Absent	Absent	Reduced	Reduced	Reduced