Species of tortoise
Russian tortoise
A Russian tortoise in Kazakhstan
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Testudines
Suborder:
Cryptodira
Superfamily:
Testudinoidea
Family:
Testudinidae
Genus:
Testudo
Species:
T. horsfieldii
Binomial name
Testudo horsfieldii
Subspecies
Synonyms [ 2]
A. h. horsfieldii
Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844
Homopus burnesii Blyth , 1854
Testudinella horsfieldii — Gray, 1870
Testudinella horsfieldi Gray, 1873 (ex errore )
Homopus horsfieldii — Theobald , 1876
Testudo baluchiorum Annandale , 1906
Medaestia horsfieldi — Wussow, 1916
Testudo horsfieldi — Wussow, 1916
Agrionemys horsfieldi — Khosatzky & Młynarski , 1966
Agrionemys horsfieldii — Młynarski, 1966
Testudo horsfieldii horsfieldii — Iverson , 1992
Agrionemys horsfieldii horsfieldii — Welch , 1994
Agrionemys horsfildii Rogner, 1996 (ex errore)
Testudo horsfieldi horsfieldi — Highfield , 1996
Agrionemys baluchiorum — Vetter, 2002
Agrionemys horsfieldii baluchiorum — Artner , 2003
T. h. kazachstanica
Agrionemys horsfieldi kazachstanica Chkhikvadze, 1988
Testudo horsfieldii kazachstanica — Iverson, 1992
Agrionemys horsfieldii kazachstanica — Welch, 1994
Testudo horsfieldi kazachtanica Highfield, 1996 (ex errore)
Agrionemys horsfieldii kazakhstanica Borkin , 1998 (ex errore)
Agrionemys kazachstanica — Perälä , 2002
Testudo horsfieldi kazachstanica — Ferri , 2002
T. h. rustamovi
Agrionemys horsfieldi rustamovi Chkhikvadze, 1989 (nomen nudum )
Agrionemys horsfieldi rustamovi Chkhikvadze, Amiranashvili & Ataev, 1990
Agrionemys horsfieldi rustamowi Chkhikvadze, Amiranashvili & Ataev, 1990 (ex errore)
Testudo horsfieldii rustamovi — Iverson, 1992
Agrionemys horsfieldii rustamovi — Welch, 1994
Testudo horsfieldii rustomovi Das , 1995 (ex errore)
Testudo horsfieldi rustmovi Highfield, 1996 (ex errore)
Testudo horsfieldii rustamov Paull, 1997 (ex errore)
Agrionemys rustamovi — Perälä, 2002
Testudo horsfieldi rustamovi — Ferri, 2002
The Russian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii ) , also commonly known as the Afghan tortoise , the Central Asian tortoise , the four-clawed tortoise , the four-toed tortoise , Horsfield's tortoise , the Russian steppe tortoise , the Soviet Tortoise , and the steppe tortoise ,[ 3] [ 4] is a threatened species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae . The species is endemic to Central Asia from the Caspian Sea south through Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and east across Kazakhstan to Xinjiang, China.[ 5] [ 6] Human activities in its native habitat contribute to its threatened status.[ 5]
Two Russian tortoises were the first Earth inhabitants to travel to and circle the Moon, on Zond 5 in September 1968.
^ Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG) (1996). "Testudo horsfieldii " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 : e.T21651A9306759. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21651A9306759.en . Retrieved 20 February 2022 .
^ Fritz, Uwe ; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" . Vertebrate Zoology . 57 (2): 301–302. doi :10.3897/vz.57.e30895 . ISSN 1864-5755 . S2CID 87809001 .
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^ Rhodin, Anders G.J. ; Iverson, John B. ; Roger, Bour ; Fritz, Uwe; Georges, Arthur ; Shaffer, H. Bradley ; van Dijk, Peter Paul (3 August 2017). "Turtles of the world, 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status (8th Ed.)" (PDF) . Chelonian Research Monographs . 7 . ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9 . Retrieved 4 October 2019 .
^ a b Species Testudo horsfieldii at The Reptile Database
www.reptile-database.org.
^ Lee, David S. ; Smith, Katrina (2010). "Testudostan: Our Post-Cold War Global Exploitation of a Noble Tortoise" (PDF) . Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. : 45(1):1–9. Retrieved 16 April 2023 .