Cylindraspis peltastes

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Cylindraspis peltastes
Species Authority:	(Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
Synonym/s:	Testudo peltastes Duméril & Bibron, 1835

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s:

Justification:
Known only from the island of Rodrigues, this species has not been recorded since 1800.

History:

1994

–

Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Cylindraspis peltastes was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, Mauritius.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Mauritius (Rodrigues)

Population [top]

Population:	The species is thought to have become extinct in 1800.

Population:

The species is thought to have become extinct in 1800.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Hunting pressures, direct habitat alteration by man and the introduction of predators and competitive species are cited as the causes of this species' extinction.

Major Threat(s):

Hunting pressures, direct habitat alteration by man and the introduction of predators and competitive species are cited as the causes of this species' extinction.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cylindraspis peltastes. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 February 2012.
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