Geochelone elegans (Schoepff, 1795)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Schoepff, J. D. (1795) Historia Testudinum Iconibus Illustrata. Fasciculus V. Joannis Jacobi Palm, Erlangae, pp. 81 - 112, pls. XVII, XXI - XXV.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Testudines
- family
- Testudinidae
- genus
- Geochelone
- species
- Geochelone elegans
Name
- Synonyms
- Peltastes stellatus maura Gray, 1870
- Peltastes stellatus seba Gray, 1870
- Testudo actinodes Bell, 1828
- Testudo actinodes Gray, 1831
- Testudo actinoides Bell, 1828
- Testudo elegans Schoepff, 1795
- Testudo megalopus Blyth, 1853
- Testudo stellata Schweigger, 1812
- Homonyms
- Geochelone elegans (Schoepff, 1795)
- Common names
- (Indian) Star Tortoise in Anglais
- Indian Star Tortoise in Anglais
- Indian star tortoise in Anglais
- Indische Sternschildkröte in Allemand
- star tortoise in language.
- Indian Star Tortoise in Anglais
- Nakshatra Amai in Tamoul
- Nakshatra Tabelu in Télougou
- Pathuria Kaincha, Tara Kaincha in Oriya
- Suraj Kachbo in Gujarati
- Thāraka Ibbā, Vehera Ibbā, Mevara Ibbā in Cingalais
Bibliographic References
- Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
- Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.