Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Geochelone
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South Asian Star Tortoises
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Südasiatische Sternschildkröten
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Sydasiatiske Stjerneskildpadder
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Geochelone Fitzinger (type species: Testudo stellata Schweigger 1812) |
Contents:
2 species, of which 1 (50.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included the species now places in Aldabrachelys, Astrochelys, Centrochelys, Chelonoidis, and Stigmochelys.
Distribution:
India
(Andhra Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh,
Gujarat,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra,
Odisha,
Rajasthan,
Tamil Nadu,
Telangana,
Uttar Pradesh),
Myanmar,
Pakistan,
Sri Lanka.
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Geochelone elegans
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Indian Star Tortoise
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Indische Sternschildkröte
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Indisk Stjerneskildpadde
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Testudo elegans Schoepff |
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Chersine elegans Merrem 1820 |
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Geochelone elegans Loveridge & Williams 1957 |
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Testudo stellata Schweigger (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Geochelone stellata Fitzinger 1835 |
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Peltastes stellatus Gray 1870 |
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1828 | |
Testudo actinoides Bell (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Peltastes stellatus var. actinoides Gray in Sowerby & Lear 1872 |
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Testudo megalopus Blyth (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Remarks:
Listed for Uttar Pradesh by Kanaujia, Kumar & Kumar (2017), but presence of the species in this state is disregarded herein, due to the lack of localities or references.
Reports from Myanmar are unverified and likely to represent misidentified platynota (Zug, Leviton, Vindum, Wogan & Koo 2010).
Listed for Goa by Pradhan (2008), but presumably in error or based on introductions.
Distribution:
India
(Andhra Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh,
Gujarat,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra,
Odisha,
Rajasthan,
Tamil Nadu,
Telangana,
Uttar Pradesh),
Pakistan,
Sri Lanka.
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Geochelone elegans
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Geochelone platynota
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Burmese Star Tortoise, Flatback Tortoise
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Burma-Landschildkröte
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Burmesisk Stjerneskildpadde
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Testudo platynota Blyth |
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Peltastes platynotus Gray 1870 |
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Geochelone platynota Loveridge & Williams 1957 |
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Geochelone elegans platynota Obst 1985 |
Distribution:
Myanmar.
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Geochelone platynota
© Rune Midtgaard
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