Identifying African species

TeamZissou

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@turtlesteve I also heard you are good at identifying, do you agree with @TeamZissou ?

Don't put too much stock in my guess; I don't know much about hingebacks. It's just a guess from comparing the younger two to a photo from Vetter's Terralog 1. Good book if you haven't checked it out.

Looking at a range map, it seems unlikely to be K. b. n. anyway, if they are WC from SA.

 

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Well according to the map, it seems to be speki and lobatsiana, I am from Gauteng, so I think it is a pretty good guess.
 

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I am leaning towards speckii but we need one of the kinixys experts for this one.
 

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I also feel these are speckii with a possible exception for the one in the middle unless they are all from the same batch of eggs. If the center one was from a different clutch is it possible to get a side pic of the beak and how many claws on front feet please? I'm very curious to be sure just what that one is.
 
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