EMYSystem Species Page: Geochelone platynota
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Testudinidae (Tortoises)
SubfamilySubfamily Testudininae ()
GenusGenus Geochelone (Typical Tortoises)
SpeciesSpecies Geochelone platynota (Burmese Star Tortoise)
range of species Geochelone platynota
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Original Description Blyth 1863 : 83
Type Locality "Lower Pegu" [Burma]; stated as "Irrawaddy Valley" by Smith (1931:140)
Syntypes (3 specimens) unlocated; supposedly in the BMNH and ZSI according to Smith 1931:140; ZSI 787; ZSI 788; ZSI 789 according to Das pers. comm.
Original name Testudo platynota
Common name Burmese Star Tortoise
Distribution Southern Burma
Comments Subgenus Geochelone according to Bour (1984c). Reviewed by Smith (1931; as Testudo platynota), Bourret (1941; as Testudo platynota), Groombridge (1982), and Moll (in Swingland and Klemens, 1989). Considered to be a subspecies of G. elegans by Obst (1985:218; 1986:210) without justification.
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