Geochelone elegans

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA TESTUDINES TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name: Geochelone elegans
Species Authority: (Schoepff, 1794)
Common Name/s:
English – Indian Star Tortoise
Synonym/s:
Testudo elegans Schoepff, 1794

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Lower Risk/least concern     ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 2000
Assessor/s Asian Turtle Trade Working Group
Evaluator/s: Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
India; Pakistan; Sri Lanka

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Geochelone elegans. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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