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    Species Accepted

    Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844

    Afghan Tortoise
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Testudo
    IUCNVulnerable

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      CzechiaNo
      PolandNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      46 results
      Afghan Tortoise English
      Central Asian Tortoise English
      Fergana Valley Steppe Tortoise [bogdanovi] English
      Firtået Landskildpadde Danish
      Four-toed Tortoise English
      Horsfield's Tortoise English
      Horsfield’s Tortoise English
      Kazakhstan Steppe Tortoise [kazachstanica] English
      Kopet-Dag Steppe Tortoise [rustamovi] English
      Korytnačka stepná Slovak

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      3 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      87 results
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      Khozatsky, L. I., & MLYNARSKI, M. (1966). Agrionemys - nouveau genre de tortues terrestres (Testudinidae). Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci., Cl. II, 14 (2): 123-125.
      Buskirk, James R. (1989). New locality records for Chinese non-marine chelonians [Chinemys reevesii nigricans, Cistoclemmys flavomarginata, Cuora galbinifrons hainanensis pani, Mauremys mutica, Clemmys Oscadia sinensis, Sacalia bealei quadriocellata, Platysternon megacephalum, Testudo horsfieldii, Manouria impressa, trionyx]. Chinese Herpetological Research 2 (2): 65-68.
      Obst, F. J. (1986). Turtles, tortoises and terrapins. St. Martins, New York. 231 Pp.
      Auer, M., & Herz, M. (2007). Die Landschildkröten des Iran - Persische Populationen der Maurischen Landschildkröte. Draco 8 (32): 50-55.
      Chkhikvadze, V. M. (1988). Systematic classification of contemporary land turtles of middle Asia and Khazachstan [in Russian]. Acad. Sci. Gerogian S.S.R., Biol. Ser. 14 (2): 110-113.
      Bondarenko, D. A., & Peregontsev, E. A. (2018). REPTILE COMMUNITIES OF THE KARAKALPAKIAN USTYURT (UZBEKISTAN). Current Studies in Herpetology 18 (1-2): 13.
      TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. (2021). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. Doi:10.3854/Crm.8.Checklist.Atlas.V9.2021.
      Shestopal, A., Amanov, A., & Ovezov, T. (2021). An overview of reptiles from the Kaplankyr Nature Reserve and adjacent territories. [in Russian]. Proc. Inst. Zool., Kazakhstan, Pp. 105-126.
      Wogawa, & Diane. (1996). Die Steppenschildkröte. Datz 49 (8): 497.

      Citation

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