Burmese star tortoise

Burmese star tortoise
	At Sunshine International Aquarium, Japan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Testudinidae
Genus:	Geochelone
Species:	G. platynota
Binomial name
	Geochelone platynota; (Blyth, 1863)
Synonyms
	Testudo platynota Blyth, 1863; Peltastes platynotus Gray, 1870; Testudo platinota Bourret, 1941 (ex errore); Testudo platynotus Bourret, 1941; Geochelone platynota Loveridge & Williams, 1957; Geochelone elegans platynota Obst, 1985; Geochelone platynotata Paull, 1997 (ex errore);

The Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota) is a critically endangered tortoise species, native to the dry, deciduous forests of Myanmar (Burma).

^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 279. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.
^ Praschag, P.; Platt, K.; Horne, B.D. (2020). "Geochelone platynota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T9013A123815185. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T9013A123815185.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[Fritz_2007-1] Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 279. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-2] Praschag, P.; Platt, K.; Horne, B.D. (2020). "Geochelone platynota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T9013A123815185. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T9013A123815185.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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