Indotestudo forstenii
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Testudo forstenii |
Forsten's Tortoise Indotestudo forstenii is a species of tortoise found on the Indonesian isle of Sulawesi (=Celebes). Indotestudo travancorica is found in the Western Ghats of India and has been considered as a synonym of I. forstenii previously but is now treated as a full species.
[edit] External links
- EMBL reptile database
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Indotestudo_forsteni1.jpg
- http://studbooks.org
[edit] References
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Indotestudo forstenii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered
- Boulenger, G.A. 1907 A new tortoise from Travancore. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17: 560-564.
- Iverson, John B., Phillip Q. Spinks, H. Bradley Shaffer, William P. McCord and Indraneil Das 2001 Phylogenetic relationships among the Asian tortoises of the genus Indotestudo (Reptilia: Testudines: Testudinidae). Hamadryad 26 (2):271-274
- Pritchard, Peter C. H. 2000 Indotestudo travancorica. A Valid Species of Tortoise? Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist 5(2):18-28.
- Radhakrishnan, C. 1998 Additional record of the travancore tortoise, Indotestudo forstenii (Schlegel & Muller) (TestudinidaReptilia) in Kerala Cobra 34 (Oct.-Dec.): 19-20
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