Geochelone elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Geochelone
Species: Geochelone elegans

Name

Geochelone elegans (Schoepff, 1795)

Synonyms:

Testudo elegans Schoepff, 1795
Testudo stellata Schweigger, 1812
Chersine elegans Merrem, 1820
Testudo actinoides Bell, 1828
Testudo actinodes Gray, 1831 (ex errore)
Geochelone (Geochelone) stellata Fitzinger, 1835
Testudo megalopus Blyth, 1853
Peltastes stellatus Gray, 1870
Geochelone elegans Loveridge & Williams, 1957
Geochelone elegans elegans Obst, 1985
Geochelone elagans Sharma, 1998 (ex errore)

Vernacular names

العربية: سلحفاة النجمة الهندية
català: Tortuga estrellada de l'Índia
čeština: Želva hvězdnatá
Deutsch: Indische Sternschildkröte
English: Indian Star Tortoise
español: Tortuga estrellada de la India
فارسی: لاک‌پشت ستاره‌دار هندی
suomi: Intiantähtikilpikonna
français: Tortue étoilée d'Inde
ગુજરાતી: ભારતીય તારક કાચબો
magyar: Indiai csillagteknős
italiano: Tartaruga stellata indiana
日本語: インドホシガメ
lietuvių: Žvaigždinis vėžlys
മലയാളം: ഇന്ത്യൻ നക്ഷത്ര ആമ
Bahasa Melayu: Geochelone elegans
Nederlands: Sterschildpad
پنجابی: انڈین تارہ کھچوپڑا
português: Tartaruga-estrelada-indiana
русский: Звёздчатая черепаха
українська: Черепаха зірчаста
中文: 印度星龜

Distribution

Asia

India

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