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Geochelone elegans

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Geochelone elegans

Species Authority:

(Schoepff, 1795)

Common Name/s:

English

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Indian Star Tortoise

Synonym/s:

Testudo elegans Schoepff, 1795

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3
Year Published:	2000
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Asian Turtle Trade Working Group
Reviewer/s:	Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)
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Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: India; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Citation:	Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Geochelone elegans. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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