Homopus femoralis

Greater padloper
Adult female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Homopus
Species:
H. femoralis
Binomial name
Homopus femoralis
Boulenger, 1888
Synonyms
  • Homopus femoralis Boulenger, 1888:251
  • Testudo femoralis Strauch, 1890
  • Homopus fermoralis Mähn & Wilms, 2001 (ex errore)

Homopus femoralis, commonly known as the greater padloper, is a small tortoise of the genus Homopus, indigenous to the highveld grasslands of South Africa.