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title: "Areolenschildpad"
description: "Homopus areolatus — Reptielen. Homopus areolatus, commonly known as the common padloper or parrot-beaked tortoise, is a tiny species of tortoise of the genus Homopus, indigenous to the southern part of South Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/parrot-beaked-tortoise
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Areolenschildpad

> Homopus areolatus — Reptielen. Homopus areolatus, commonly known as the common padloper or parrot-beaked tortoise, is a tiny species of tortoise of the genus Homopus, indigenous to the southern part of South Africa.

- Scientific name: *Homopus areolatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1724
- Wikidata: [Q642538](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q642538)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102930](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102930)

## Names

- en: Parrot-beaked Tortoise
- de: Areolen-Flachschildkröte
- fr: Homopode aréolé
- nl: Areolenschildpad

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1674)

## Summary

Homopus areolatus, commonly known as the common padloper or parrot-beaked tortoise, is a tiny species of tortoise of the genus Homopus, indigenous to the southern part of South Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homopus_areolatus

## Photo

![Areolenschildpad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/parrot-beaked-tortoise/medium.jpg)

Photo: Klaus Wehrlin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249378839

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/parrot-beaked-tortoise?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).