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Cylindraspis indica

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA TESTUDINES TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name: Cylindraspis indica
Species Authority: (Schneider, 1783)
Synonym/s:
Chersina grayi Strauch, 1865
Chersine retusa Merrem, 1820
Cylindraspis borbonica Bour, 1978
Cylindraspis graii (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
Testudo graii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Testudo indica Schneider, 1783
Testudo perraultii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Taxonomic Notes: The 1996 and 2000 IUCN Red Lists included C. borbonica as a separate species, this is now placed as a synonym of C. indica.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:
Justification:
This species was endemic to Réunion. It has not been recorded since 1800.
History:
1996 – Extinct
1994 – Extinct (Groombridge 1994)
1994 – Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Cylindraspis indica was known only from Réunion.
Countries:
Regionally extinct:
Réunion
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Population [top]

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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cylindraspis indica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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