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Burmese star tortoise

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Species of tortoise

Burmese star tortoise

At Sunshine International Aquarium, Japan
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix I
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Testudinidae
Genus:	Geochelone
Species:	G. platynota
Binomial name
*Geochelone platynota* (Blyth, 1863)
Synonyms^[2]
Testudo platynotaBlyth, 1863 Peltastes platynotusGray, 1870 Testudo platinotaBourret, 1941 (ex errore) Testudo platynotusBourret, 1941 Geochelone platynotaLoveridge & Williams, 1957 Geochelone elegans platynotaObst, 1985 Geochelone platynotataPaull, 1997 (ex errore)

TheBurmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota) is acritically endangered tortoise species, native to the dry, deciduous forests ofMyanmar (Burma).

Description

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The Burmese star tortoise has radiating star-shaped patterns on its strongly domed carapace. It has bumps on its shell that look like stars.This tortoise can easily be distinguished from the more commonIndian star tortoise by comparing the plastrons of the two species.^[3]

Captive breeding

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The breeding of the Burmese star tortoise is difficult, and its first successful breeding in captivity was inTaipei Zoo, Taiwan, where a few Burmese star tortoises were hatched in 2003.^[4]

Yadanabon Zoological Gardens is also currently engaged in a captive-breeding program to attempt to increase the population of this tortoise.

Starting with 200 tortoises in 2004, by October 2017, there were 14,000 tortoises in breeding programs and 1000 have been reintroduced into the wild. On 31 July 2021,Richard Branson announced two baby Burmese star tortoises were born on his private island, Necker Island, as part of his ongoing conservation work for the species.^[5]

References

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^Praschag, P.; Platt, K.; Horne, B.D (2020)."Geochelone platynota".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2020 e.T9013A123815185.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T9013A123815185.en.
^Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007)."Checklist of Chelonians of the World".Vertebrate Zoology.57 (2): 279.doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.ISSN 1864-5755.S2CID 87809001.
^"Burmese starred tortoise videos, photos and facts - Geochelone platynota | ARKive". Archived fromthe original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved2014-04-22.
^"送緬甸星龜回緬甸-2003臺北動物園全球首度成功繁殖".Taipei Zoo (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2009-09-16. Retrieved2018-09-27.
^Yin, Steph (4 October 2017)."Slow and Steady, a Tortoise Is Winning Its Race With Extinction (Published 2017)".The New York Times.Archived from the original on 2021-10-30.

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Tortoise family

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Subclass:Anapsida
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Superfamily:Testudinoidea
Family:Testudinidae

Genera

Species of thetortoise family

Agrionemys

Russian tortoise

Angulate tortoise

†Hadrianus

†Hesperotestudo percrassa

Pancake tortoise

Leopard tortoise

†Stylemys

Testudo

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based onturtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Key: †=extinct.

Testudines

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Clade:Diapsida
Order:Testudines

Genus

Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)

Cheloniidae	†Allopleuron Caretta †Carolinochelys Chelonia †Eochelone Eretmochelys †Gigantatypus †Glarichelys †Itilochelys Lepidochelys †Mexichelys †Miocaretta Natator †Pacifichelys †Syllomus †Tasbacka
Dermochelyidae	†Arabemys †Corsochelys †Cosmochelys Dermochelys †Eosphargis †Mesodermochelys †Psephophorus
	†Euclastes †Peritresius †Procolpochelys †Protosphargis †Puppigerus

Kinosternoidea

Dermatemydidae	Dermatemys
Kinosternidae	Claudius †Hoplochelys Kinosternon Staurotypus Sternotherus

Testudinoidea

Emydidae	†Acherontemys Chrysemys Clemmys Deirochelys Emys Actinemys Emydoidea Glyptemys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Terrapene Trachemys †Wilburemys
Geoemydidae	Batagur †Banhxeochelys Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Rhinoclemmys Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys
Platysternidae	Platysternon
Testudinidae	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Centrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis †Cymatholcus †Floridemys Geochelone Gopherus †Hadrianus †Hesperotestudo Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria †Megalochelys †Oligopherus Psammobates Pyxis †Solitudo Stigmochelys †Stylemys Testudo

Trionychia

Carettochelyidae	†Allaeochelys †Anosteira Carettochelys
Trionychidae	Amyda Apalone †Axestemys Chitra Cyclanorbis Cycloderma †Drazinderetes Dogania †Gilmoremys †Hutchemys †Khunnuchelys Lissemys Nilssonia Palea †Palaeoamyda Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx
	†Basilochelys †Sinaspideretes

Chelydridae	Chelydra †Chelydrops †Chelydropsis †Emarginachelys †Macrocephalochelys Macrochelys †Planiplastron †Protochelydra
†Nanhsiungchelyidae	†Anomalochelys †Basilemys †Jiangxichelys
†Protostegidae	†Alienochelys †Archelon †Atlantochelys †Bouliachelys †Calcarichelys †Cratochelone †Desmatochelys †Iserosaurus †Notochelone †Ocepechelon †Pneumatoarthrus †Protostega †Rhinochelys †Santanachelys †Terlinguachelys
	†Adocus †Argillochelys †Bashuchelys †Ctenochelys †Prionochelys †Toxochelys

Pleurodira

†Araripemydidae	†Araripemys
†Bothremydidae	†Araiochelys †Arenila †Azabbaremys †Bothremys †Cearachelys †Chedighaii †Chupacabrachelys †Eotaphrosphys †Foxemys †Galianemys †Ilatardia †Inaechelys †Itapecuruemys †Jainemys †Kinkonychelys †Kurmademys †Labrostochelys †Nigeremys †Phosphatochelys †Polysternon †Puentemys †Rosasia †Rhothonemys †Sankuchemys †Taphrosphys †Ummulisani †Zolhafah
Chelidae	Acanthochelys Chelodina Chelus Elseya Elusor Emydura Hydromedusa †Lomalatachelys Mesoclemmys Myuchelys Phrynops Platemys †Prochelidella Pseudemydura Rheodytes Rhinemys †Yaminuechelys
Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa Pelusios
Podocnemididae	†Albertwoodemys †Bauruemys †Brontochelys †Caninemys †Carbonemys †Cerrejonemys †Cordichelys Erymnochelys †Lapparentemys †Latentemys Peltocephalus Podocnemis †Stupendemys
†Sahonachelyidae	†Sahonachelys †Sokatra

	†Caribemys †Caririemys †Tacuarembemys

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based onTurtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.

See alsoList of Testudines families

Taxon identifiers
Geochelone platynota	Wikidata:Q852181 Wikispecies:Geochelone platynota ADW:Geochelone_platynota BOLD:190991 CoL:3FP3V EoL:794292 GBIF:2441526 iNaturalist:40091 IRMNG:10476552 ITIS:551781 IUCN:9013 NCBI:286019 Observation.org:99638 Open Tree of Life:464474 RD:platynota Species+:6341

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