Chelonoidis chilensis

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Gray, 1870)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Chaco Tortoise, Argentine Tortoise, Southern Wood Tortoise
French	–	Tortue De La Pampa
Spanish	–	Tortuga Terrestre Argentina

Synonym/s:

Geochelone chilensis (Gray, 1870)

Geochelone donosobarrosi Freiberg, 1973

Geochelone petersi Freiberg, 1973

Testudo argentina Sclater, 1870

Testudo (Gopher) chilensis Gray, 1870

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

History:

1994	–	Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Insufficiently Known

Countries:	Native: Argentina; Paraguay

Countries:

Native:

Argentina; Paraguay

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions:	It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Citation:	Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Chelonoidis chilensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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