Astrochelys is a genus of tortoises in the family Testudinidae.[2] The two species are both found in Madagascar, and both classified as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.

Astrochelys
Astrochelys radiata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Astrochelys
J. E. Gray, 1873[1]
Species

Astrochelys radiata
Astrochelys rogerbouri
Astrochelys yniphora
Astrochelys verrucosus

Species edit

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
  Angonoka tortoise or ploughshare tortoise Astrochelys yniphora [1] northwestern Madagascar
  Radiated tortoise Astrochelys radiata[1] southern Madagascar; introduced to Réunion and Mauritius
Astrochelys rogerbouri Madagascar

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Rhodin 2010, pp. 000.116
  2. ^ Fritz, U.; Bininda-Emonds, O. R. P. (3 July 2007). "When genes meet nomenclature: Tortoise phylogeny and the shifting generic concepts of Testudo and Geochelone". Zoology. 110 (4). Elsevier: 298–307. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2007.02.003. PMID 17611092.
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