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Domed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise
Cylindraspis peltastes
The domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes) was a species of giant tortoises in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Rodrigues. It appears to have become extinct around 1800, as a result of human exploitation.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121114.