Geochelone platynota

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Blyth, 1863)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Burmese Starred Tortoise, Flatback Tortoise
French	–	Tortue Étoilée De Birmanie
Spanish	–	Tortuga Estrellada De Burma

Synonym/s:

Testudo platynota Blyth, 1863

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered A1cd+2cd, C2a ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

2000

Assessor/s:

Asian Turtle Trade Working Group

Reviewer/s:

Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)

History:

1996	–	Critically Endangered
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Insufficiently Known

Countries:	Native: Myanmar

Countries:

Native:

Myanmar

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions:	It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Citation:	Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Geochelone platynota. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 February 2012.
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