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Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gray, J. E. Catalogue of Tortoises, Crocodilians, and Amphisbaenians in the Collection of the British Museum.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Testudinidae
genus
Testudo
species
Testudo horsfieldii

Name

Synonyms
Agrionemys bogdanovi Chkhikvadze, 2008
Agrionemys horsfieldi kazachstanica Chkhikvadze, 1988
Agrionemys horsfieldi rustamovi Chkhikvadze et al., 1990
Agrionemys horsfieldii (Gray, 1844)
Agrionemys kazachstanica kuznetzovi Chkhikvadze, Ataev, Shammakov & Zatoka, 2009
Agrionemys kazachstanica terbishi Chkhikvadze, 2009
Homopus burnesii Blyth, 1854
Testudo baluchiorum Annandale, 1906
Homonyms
Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844
Common names
Central Asia tortoise in English
Central Asian Tortoise in English
Fergana Valley Steppe Tortoise [bogdanovi] in English
Horsfield's Tortoise in English
Horsfield’s Tortoise in English
Kazakhstan Steppe Tortoise [kazachstanica] in English
Kopet-Dag Steppe Tortoise [rustamovi] in English
Steppe Tortoise in English
Steppenschildkröte in German
Tortue des steppes (La) in French
Turkmenistan Steppe Tortoise [kuznetzovi] in English
四爪陆龟 in Chinese
Afghan Tortoise in English
Central Asian Tortoise in English
Four-toed Tortoise in English
Horsfield's Tortoise in English
Steppe Tortoise in English
Tortue Des Steppes in French
Tortue d'Horsfield in French
Tortuga Terrestre Afgana in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  3. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
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