Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Reptilia

order

Testudines

family

Testudinidae

genus

Testudo

species

Testudo horsfieldii

Name

Synonyms

Agrionemys horsfieldi Engelmann Et Al, 1993

Agrionemys horsfieldii Khozatsky & Mlynarski, 1966

Agryonemys horsfieldii Langerwerf, 1979

Homopus burnesii Blyth, 1854

Testudinella horsfieldii Gray, 1873

Testudo baluchiorum Annandale, 1906

Homonyms

Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844

Common names

Central Asian Tortoise in English

Horsfield's Tortoise in English

Horsfield’s Tortoise in English

Steppe Tortoise in English

Steppenschildkröte in language.

Bibliographic References

1. Auer, M. & Herz, M. (2007) Die Landschildkröten des Iran - Persische Populationen der Maurischen Landschildkröte.: Draco 8 (32): 50-55
2. Bondarenko, D.A. & Evgeny A. Peregontsev (2009) Peculiarities of landscape distribution of the Central Asian Tortoise, Agrionemys horsfieldii, in Iran.: Zoology in the Middle East 48: 49–62
3. Bondarenko, D.A.; E. A. Peregontsev and G. B. Mukhtar (2008) Current State of Steppe Tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii Gray, 1844) Populations in Landscapes of Southern Kazakhstan.: Russian Journal of Ecology, 39 (3): 210–214
4. Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. (2006) Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp.
5. Buskirk, James R. (1989) New locality records for Chinese non-marine chelonians [Chinemys reevesii nigricans, Cistoclemmys flavomarginata, Cuora galbinifrons hainanensis pani, Mauremys mutica, Clemmys Oscadia sinensis, Sacalia bealei quadriocellata, Platysternon megacephalum: Chinese Herpetological Research 2 (2): 65-68
6. Engelmann,W.E. et al. (1993) Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas.: Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp.
7. Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989) Turtles of the World.: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London
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10. Fischer, S. & Homuth, M. (2006) Virusinfektion bei Landschildkröten.: Reptilia (Münster) 11 (57): 56-63
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12. Fritz, U. (1995) Schildkröten-Hybriden. 2. Halsberger-Schildkröten (Cryptodira).: Herpetofauna 17 (95): 19-34
13. Gray, J.E. (1844) Catalogue of Tortoises, Crocodilians, and Amphisbaenians in the Collection of the British Museum.: British Museum (Natural History), London. viii + 80 p.
14. Gray,J.E. (1857) Notice of some Indian tortoises (including the description of a new species presented to the British Museum by Professor Oldham).: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 19: 342-344
15. Gray,J.E. (1873) Notes on tortoises.: Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 11: 143-149
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17. Hempel, W. (1991) Agrionemys horsfieldii (GRAY, 1844).: Sauria 13 Suppl.: 213–216
18. Herz, M. & Auer, M. (2007) Die Landschildkröten des Iran - Steppenschildkröten in Persien.: Draco 8 (32): 56-60
19. Hitschfeld, Ellen; Auer, Markus; Fritz, Uwe (2008) Phalangeal formulae and ontogenetic variation of carpal morphology in Testudo horsfieldii and T. hermanni.: Amphibia-Reptilia 29 (1): 93-99
20. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.