Cylindraspis peltastes

Cylindraspis peltastes

Taxobox
name = Cylindraspis peltastes


status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Testudinidae
genus = "Cylindraspis"
species = "C. peltastes"
binomial = "Cylindraspis peltastes"
binomial_authority = Dumeril & Bibron, 1835
synonyms =

"Cylindraspis peltastes" or Domed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise was a species of tortoise in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Rodrigues. It appears to have become extinct around 1800.

ource

* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/6063/all Cylindraspis peltastes] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.


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