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    Species Accepted

    Astrochelys yniphora (Vaillant, 1885)

    Angonoka 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

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      Angonoka Malagasy
      Angonoka Tortoise English
      Madagascan (Plowshare or Ploughshare) Tortoise English
      Madagascan Plowshare Tortoise English
      Madagascar Angulated Tortoise English
      Madagascar Tortoise English
      Madagaskar-schildpad Dutch
      Madagassische Schnabelbrustschildkröte German
      Ploughshare Tortoise English
      Plowshare Tortoise English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      32 results
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      Rhodin, A.G.J., Walde, a.d., horne, B.d., van diJk, P.P., BlanCk, T., and hudson, r. (eds.). (2011). Turtles in Trouble: The World’s 25+ Most Endangered Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles—2011. Lunenburg, MA: IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, Turtle Conservation Fund, Turtle Survival Alliance, Turtle Conservancy, Chelonian Research Foundation, Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and San Diego Zoo Global, 54 Pp.
      Obst, F. J. (1986). Turtles, tortoises and terrapins. St. Martins, New York. 231 Pp.
      Stanford, C.B. et al. (2020). Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble. Current Biology 30: R721–R735.
      Valverde, J. (2005). Afrikanische Landschildkröten. Reptilia (Münster) 10 (56): 18-25.
      Joyce, Walter G. and Christopher J. Bell. (2004). A review of the comparative morphology of extant testudinoid turtles (Reptilia: Testudines). Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 53-109.
      Vaillant, M. L. (1885). Sur une Tortue terrestre d’espèce nouvelle, rapportée par M. Humbolt au Muséum d’Histoire naturelle. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires Des Séances de l’Academie Des Sciences. Paris. 101(6): 440-441.
      Vaillant, M. L. (1885). On a new species of land tortoise, brought by Mr. Humblot to the Museum of Natural History. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 16: 314-315 [from Comptes Rendue...].
      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.
      Mandimbihasina, Angelo R.; Shannon E. Engberg; Gary D. Shore; Emilienne Razafimahatratra; Hafany Tiandray; Richard E. Lewis; Rick A. Brenneman & Edward E. Louis Jr. (2009). Characterization of 20 microsatellite markers in the plowshare tortoise, Astrochelys yniphora. Conservation Genetics. 10:1085–1088.

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