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    Species Accepted

    Geochelone elegans (Schoepff, 1795)

    (Indian) Star Tortoise
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Geochelone
    IUCNVulnerable

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      33 results
      (Indian) Star Tortoise English
      Geochelone elegans Malay
      Indian Star Tortoise English
      Indische Sternschildkröte German
      Indisk Stjerneskildpadde Danish
      Intiantähtikilpikonna Finnish
      Nakshatra Amai Tamil
      Nakshatra Tabelu Telugu
      Star Tortoise English
      Starred Tortoise English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      63 results
      Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989). Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London.
      Saus, A. (2007). Haltung und Nachzucht der Sternschildkröte Geochelone elegans (SCHOEPFF, 1794) aus Sri Lanka. Draco 7 (30): 50-55.
      De Silva, Anslem and Melita Vamberger. (2016). Beobachtungen an Geochelone elegans (Schoepff, 1795) auf einer Insel in der Kalpitiya Lagune, Sri Lanka. Radiata 25 (1): 23-24.
      Scholdei, J. (2009). Zwillingsschlupf bei Sternschildkröten Geochelone elegans im Allwetterzoo Münster. Sauria 31 (4): 45-47.
      Paul, O., Satrusallya, R., Boruah B., Dutta, S., Muthu S., & Das, A. (2025). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve: A Photographic Guide. Wildlife Institute of India. Dehradun 248001, India, 79 Pp.
      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.
      McCord, W. P., & Joseph-Ouni, M. (2004). Chelonian Illustrations #13: Asian and Indonesian Tortoises. Reptilia (GB) (33): 35-38.
      Peters, K. (2003). Kurze Bemerkungen zum Alter der Indischen Sternschildkröte Geochelone elegans (SCHOEPFF 1795). Sauria 25 (4): 23.
      Vyas, R. (2010). Ein Fall von Süßwasserschildkröten-Wilderei bei Vadodara City, Bundesstaat Gujarat, Indien. Sauria 32 (3): 53-56.
      Ganesh S.R., Bubesh Guptha. (2021). Herpetological diversity in the Central Eastern Ghats, Peninsular India. Journal of Animal Diversity 3 (3): 18-44.

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