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    Species Accepted

    Astrochelys radiata (Shaw, 1802)

    Radiated Tortoise
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Astrochelys
    IUCNCritically Endangered

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      27 results
      Geochelone radiata Italian
      Radiated Tortoise English
      Rayed Tortoise English
      Sokake Spanish
      Strahlenschildkröte German
      Stralenschildpad Dutch
      Stråleskildpadde Danish
      Strålsköldpadda Swedish
      Tartaruga-estrelada-de-madagascar Portuguese
      Tartaruga-irradiada-de-madagascar Portuguese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Source Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      64 results
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      Love, B. (2006). Die madagassische Schildkrötenkrise. Reptilia (Münster) 11 (58): 16-17.
      Stanford, C.B. et al. (2020). Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble. Current Biology 30: R721–R735.
      Daudin, F. M. (1801) Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere des Reptiles. Tome Second. Imprimerie F. Dufart, Paris, 432 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.
      Caccone, Adalgisa; George Amato; Oliver C. Gratry; John Behler and Jeffrey R. Powell. (1999). A Molecular Phylogeny of Four Endangered Madagascar Tortoises Based on MtDNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 12 (1): 1–9.
      LEUTERITZ, THOMAS E.J. AND ROLLANDE RAVOLANAIVO. (2003). Distribution, status, and biology of the radiated tortoise, Geochelone radiata, in southwest Madagascar. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 4 (3): 730.
      D’Cruze, Neil; Annette Olsonn, David Henson, Sunil Kumar, and David Emmett. (2009). The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Lower Onilahy River Valley, a Temporary Protected Area in Southwest Madagascar. Herp. Cons. Biol. 4: 62-79.
      Gray, J. E. (1873). Hand-list of the specimens of shield reptiles in the British Museum. British Museum, London, 124 Pp.
      Auffenberg, & Walter. (1977). Display Behavior in Tortoises. American Zoologist 17: 241-250.

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