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Geochelone elegans  (Schoepff, 1795)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 551777

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Testudo stellata Schweigger, 1812
 
    Testudo actinodes Bell, 1828
 
    Testudo megalopus Blyth, 1854
 
    Testudo elegans Schoepff, 1795
 
    Peltastes stellatus maura Gray, 1870
 
    Peltastes stellatus seba Gray, 1870
 
  Common Name(s): Indian Star Tortoise [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1869  
                               SuperfamilyTestudinoidea Batsch, 1788  
                                  FamilyTestudinidae Batsch, 1788 – Tortoises  
                                     SubfamilyTestudininae Batsch, 1788  
                                        GenusGeochelone Fitzinger, 1835 – geoclelone tortoises, Geochelone Tortoises, typical tortoises  
                                           SpeciesGeochelone elegans (Schoepff, 1795) – Indian Star Tortoise  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Geochelone elegans    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Iverson, John B.  
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World   
  Page(s): xiii + 363   
  Publisher: Privately Printed   
  Publication Place: Richmond, Indiana   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9617431-0-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geochelone elegans   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.]  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8   
  Page(s): x + 472   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Geochelone elegans, Indian Star Tortoise [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour]  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7   
  Page(s): 329-479   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Geochelone elegans, Indian Star Tortoise [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

   

 Comments
       
  Comment: IUCN Red List: Vulnerable (VU A4cd) (Choudhury et al. 2020). CITES: Appendix I (2019) (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2021))  
 

 

   

 
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