Forsten's tortoise

Forsten's tortoise
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Testudinidae
Genus:	Indotestudo
Species:	I. forstenii
Binomial name
	Indotestudo forstenii; (Schlegel & S. Müller, 1845)
Synonyms
	Testudo forstenii; Schlegel & S. Müller, 1845; Peltastes forstenii; — Gray, 1872; Testudo forsteni; E. Williams, 1952; (ex errore); Geochelone forsteni; — Pritchard, 1967; Geochelone forstenii; — Honegger, 1980; Indotestudo forstenii; — , 1980; Indotestudo forsteni; — Groombridge, 1982; Indotestudo elongata forsteni; — , 1985; Geochelone elongata forsteni; — Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993; Indotestudo foresternii; Choudhury & , 1993; (ex errore);

Forsten's tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. Forsten's tortoise is one of three tortoise species placed in the genus Indotestudo, the others being the elongated tortoise (I. elongata), and the Travancore tortoise (I. travancorica).

Etymology[]

The specific name, forstenii, is in honor of Dutch botanist Eltio Alegondas Forsten.^[2]

Geographic range[]

Indotestudo forsteni can be found on Sulawesi Island of Indonesia, and its nearby islands such as Halmahera island. In Sulawesi, it is found in the central and northern parts of the island.^[3]

In North Sulawesi, it is found in and around Buol, while in Central Sulawesi, it is found in , , Palu Valley, Valley, Bora Village near , and along the western border of Lore Lindu National Park.^[4]

Taxonomy[]

Indotestudo travancorica, found in the Western Ghats of India, has been previously considered a synonym of Indotestudo forstenii, but is now treated as a separate species.

Gallery[]

Baby Forsten's tortoise

References[]

^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 284. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Indotestudo forstenii, p. 92).
^ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R. Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.]. 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Pritchard, P.C.H., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 7:1–292. doi:10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017
^ Harvest sustainability of Sulawesi tortoise Indotestudo forstenii in Indonesia

External links[]

Indotestudo forstenii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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[Fritz_2007-1] Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 284. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Indotestudo forstenii, p. 92).

[3] Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R. Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.]. 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Pritchard, P.C.H., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 7:1–292. doi:10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017

[4] Harvest sustainability of Sulawesi tortoise Indotestudo forstenii in Indonesia

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