Geochelone is a genus of tortoises. Geochelone tortoises, which are also known as typical tortoises or terrestrial turtles, can be found in southern Asia...
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Galápagos tortoise (redirect from Geochelone nigra)
Geochelone abingdonii Pritchard, 1967 Geochelone elephantopus abingdoni Pritchard, 1967 Geochelone elephantopus ephippium Pritchard, 1967 Geochelone ephippium...
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Burmese star tortoise (redirect from Geochelone platynota)
The Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota) is a critically endangered tortoise species, native to the dry, deciduous forests of Myanmar (Burma)....
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Leopard tortoise (redirect from Geochelone pardalis)
the genus Stigmochelys, although in the past, it was commonly placed in Geochelone. This tortoise is a grazing species that favors semiarid, thorny to grassland...
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Indian star tortoise (redirect from Geochelone elegans)
The Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is a threatened tortoise species native to India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka where it inhabits dry areas and...
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Pinta Island tortoise (redirect from Geochelone nigra abingdoni)
Mertens & Wermuth, 1955; Geochelone elephantopus abingdonii Pritchard, 1967; Geochelone nigra abingdonii Iverson, 1992; and Geochelone abingdonii Valverde...
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Red-footed tortoise (redirect from Geochelone carbonaria)
completely terrestrial habits—the tortoises. In 1835, Leopold Fitzinger used Geochelone to differentiate some non-Mediterranean tortoises, apparently based on...
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African spurred tortoise (redirect from Geochelone sulcata)
RE-introduction Perspectives: 2011" (PDF). IUCN. Retrieved November 8, 2022. "Geochelone sulcata (African Spurred Tortoise)". Animal Diversity Web. "AFRICAN SPURRED...
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Aldabra giant tortoise (redirect from Geochelone gigantea)
zoo-housed individuals. Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). "Geochelone gigantea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9010A12949962...
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Megalochelys (redirect from Geochelone atlas)
Megalochelys/Colossochelys was considered synonymous with Testudo, and later Geochelone. Today, Colossochelys is regarded as a junior synonym of Megalochelys...
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