Geochelone platynota

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA TESTUDINES TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name: Geochelone platynota
Species Authority (Blyth, 1863)
Common Name/s:
English – Burmese Starred Tortoise, Flatback Tortoise
French – Tortue Étoilée De Birmanie
Spanish – Tortuga Estrellada De Burma

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered   A1cd+2cd, C2a   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 2000
Assessor/s Asian Turtle Trade Working Group
Evaluator/s: Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)
History:
1996 – Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
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 (Groombridge 1982)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Myanmar

Population [top]

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Conservation Actions [top]

Citation: Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Geochelone platynota. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 November 2008.
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