Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Burmese Star Tortoise, Burmese Starred Tortoise, Flatback Tortoise
Common Names in French:
Tortue ?toil?e De Birmanie
Common Names in Spanish:
Tortuga Estrellada De Burma
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Anapsida
()
- Order:
Testudines
()
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
()
- Superfamily:
Testudinoidea
()
- Family:
Testudinidae
()
- Genus:
Geochelone
()
- Fitzinger, 1835
- Specific name:
platynota
- (Blyth, 1863)
- Scientific name: - Geochelone platynota (Blyth, 1863)
- Specific name:
platynota
- (Blyth, 1863)
- Genus:
Geochelone
(
- Family:
Testudinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Testudinoidea
(
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
(
- Order:
Testudines
(
- Subclass:
Anapsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Geochelone elegans platynota Obst 1986 • Geochelone platynota Le Et Al. 2006 • Geochelone platynota Mccord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 • Geochelone platynota Pritchard 1967 • Testudo platinota BOURRET 1941< /i> (Error Typographicus) • Testudo platynota • Testudo platynota Blyth 1863 • Testudo platynota Smith 1931: 140
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: 3 Syntypes: in Calcutta, but not located, possibly in ZSI.
Smith (1931:140), indicates types
are in the BMNH and Indian Museum
(? =ZSI), however, Boulenger (1889:162), lists
BMNH specimens from
Theobald, not Blyth. Iverson (1986:144), believes syntypes may be
in the IMC. This is one of the most endangered
turtle species according
to a 2003 assessment
by the IUCN
.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Geochelone
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. carbonaria (Red-Footed Tortoise) · G. chilensis (Argentine Tortoise) · G. chilensis chilensis (Southern Wood Tortoise) · G. denticulata (Brazilian Giant Tortoise) · G. elegans (Indian Star Tortoise) · G. elephantophus (Galapagos Giant Tortoise) · G. gigantea (Aldabra Giant Tortoise) · G. nigra (Abingdon Island Tortoise) · G. nigra becki (Volcan Wolf Tortoise) · G. nigra chathamensis (Chatham Island Tortoise) · G. nigra darwini (James Island Tortoise) · G. nigra ephippium (Duncan Island Tortoise) · G. nigra galapagoensis (Charles Island Tortoise) · G. nigra guntheri (Sierra Negra Tortoise) · G. nigra hoodensis (Hood Island Tortoise) · G. nigra microphyes (Volcan Darwin Tortoise) · G. nigra porteri (Indefatigable Island Tortoise) · G. nigra vandenburghi (Volcan Alcedo Tortoise) · G. nigra vicina (Iguana Cove Tortoise) · G. pardalis (Leopard Tortoise) · G. platynota (Burmese Starred Tortoise) · G. radiata (Radiated Tortoise) · G. sulcata (African Spurred Tortoise) · G. yniphora (Angonoka)
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Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 74.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 115 1957 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 548.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 156.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 134, p. 228, p. 82.
- Checklist of herpetofauna listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 3.
- Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 4.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 225.
- The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book. Part 1 Testudines Crocodylia and Rhynchocephalia IUCN url p. 17, p. 22, p. 26, p. 4, p. 421, p. 83.
- World Checklist of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Nature Conservancy Council url p. 14.
- World Checklists of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Nature Conservancy Council url p. 18.
Notes
Contributors
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Geochelone platynota. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-3092
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551781
- IUCN ID: 210979
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5401
Footnotes
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Geochelone platynota. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
