Radiated Tortoise
Astrochelys radiata (Shaw, 1802)
Also calledGeochelone radiata (ita) · Sokake (spa) · Strahlenschildkröte (deu) · Stralenschildpad (nld) · Stråleskildpadde (dan) · Strålsköldpadda (swe) · Tartaruga Radiada (por) · Tartaruga-estrelada-de-madagascar (por) · Tartaruga-irradiada-de-madagascar (por) · Tartaruga-radiada (por) · Testuggine raggiata (ita) · Tortue Radiée De Madagascar (fra) · Tortue Rayonnée (fra) · Tortue rayonnée (La), Tortue radiée de Madagascar (fra)
First described in: Shaw, G. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 2.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
materials_examined
Holotype: Not located (Bour & Schmidtler 2014: 39); illustrated in the original description (Pl. XXVI, precedes p. 271); reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014: 39) and in Oppel (1811: Pl. 35 – 36; reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014: 39). Testudo desertorum Grandidier 1869: 257 Holotype: Not located.
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
materials_examined
Holotype: VNUH T- 85 (now MNHN 1948.41; illustrated in the original description (Pl. I) and by Wermuth 1965: 280, 282).
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2441666.