Malacochersus tornieri

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Siebenrock, 1903)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Crevice Tortoise, Pancake Tortoise, Softshell Tortoise, Tornier's Tortoise
French	–	Tortue À Carapace Souple, Tortue De Tornier
Spanish	–	Tortuga De Cuña

Synonym/s:

Testudo tornieri Siebenrock, 1903

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1bd ver 2.3

Year Published:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

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)

Countries:	Native: Kenya; Tanzania, United Republic of
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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. Malacochersus tornieri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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