Chelonoidis denticulata

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Brazilian Giant Tortoise, Forest Tortoise, South American Tortoise, South American Yellow-footed Tortoise, Yellow-footed Tortoise
French	–	Tortue De L'Amérique Du Sud, Tortue Dentelée, Tortue Denticulée
Spanish	–	Morrocoy, Motelo

Synonym/s:

Geochelone denticulata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Testudo cagado Spix, 1824

Testudo denticulata Linnaeus, 1766

Testudo hercules Spix, 1824

Testudo sculpta Spix, 1824

Testudo tabulata Schoepff, 1793

Testudo terrestris subspecies americana Schweigger, 1812

Testudo terrestris subspecies brasiliensis Schweigger, 1812

Testudo terrestris subspecies cayennensis Schweigger, 1812

Testudo terrestris subspecies surinamensis Schweigger, 1812

Testudo tesselata Schneider, 1792

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable A1cd+2cd ver 2.3
Year Published:	1996
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:

Countries:	Native: Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela Introduced: Dominica
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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. Chelonoidis denticulata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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