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Geochelone platynota (Blyth, 1863)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Blyth, & Edward. Report of the curator, zoological department.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Testudinidae
genus
Geochelone
species
Geochelone platynota

Name

Synonyms
Testudo platinota Bourret, 1941
Testudo platynota Blyth, 1863
Homonyms
Geochelone platynota (Blyth, 1863)
Common names
Birma-Sternschildkröte in German
Burmese Star Tortoise in English
Burmese Star Tortoise in English
Burmese Star Tortoise in English
Burmese Starred Tortoise in English
Burmese star tortoise in English
Burmesische Sternschildkröte in German
Flatback Tortoise in English
Tartaruga-estrela-de-Burma in Portuguese
Tortue étoilée de Birmanie in French
Tortuga Estrellada de Burma in Spanish
burmai csillagteknős in Hungarian
želva barmská in Czech
Бирманская черепаха in Russian
سلحفاة النجمة البورمية in Arabic
ビルマホシガメ in Japanese
緬甸星龜 in Chinese
Burmese Star Tortoise in English
Flatback Tortoise in English
Tortue étoilée de Birmanie in French
Tortuga Estrellada de Burma in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  3. 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.
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