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Geochelone platynota (Burmese Star Tortoise)

Synonyms: Testudo platinota; Testudo platynota

Wikipedia Abstract

The Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota) is a critically endangered tortoise species, native to the dry, deciduous forests of Myanmar (Burma). It is close to extinction in Myanmar, as it is eaten both by the native Burmese, and is still exported to the Chinese food markets.
View Wikipedia Record: Geochelone platynota

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Geochelone platynota

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.512 lbs (2.50 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  19 grams
Egg Length [1]  1.614 inches (41 mm)
Egg Width [1]  1.339 inches (34 mm)
Gestation [1]  4 months 19 days
Litter Size [1]  5
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  24 years
Female Maturity [1]  10 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Irrawaddy dry forests Myanmar Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests Myanmar Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Tanjung Puting National Park II 987160 Kalimantan, Indonesia  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0