Forsten's tortoise

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Forsten's tortoise
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Indotestudo
Species:
I. forstenii
Binomial name
Indotestudo forstenii
Synonyms [2]
  • 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
    Bour, 1980
  • Indotestudo forsteni
    — Groombridge, 1982
  • Indotestudo elongata forsteni
    Obst, 1985
  • Geochelone elongata forsteni
    — Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
  • Indotestudo foresternii
    Choudhury & Bhupathy, 1993
    (ex errore)

Forsten's tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii), also known commonly as the Sulawesi tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to Sulawesi Island, Indonesia.

Taxonomy

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. [3]

Geographic range

I. forstenii 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. [4]

In North Sulawesi, it is found in Mount Boliahutu and around Buol, while in Central Sulawesi, it is found in Santigi, Morowali Reserve, Palu Valley, Kulawi Valley, Bora Village near Gimpu, and along the western border of Lore Lindu National Park. [5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of I. forstenii is forest. [1]

Reproduction

I. forstenii is oviparous. [6] Sexually mature females lay clutches of eggs throughout the year. Each clutch consists of one or two eggs. [1]

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References

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  2. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 284. doi: 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 . ISSN   1864-5755. S2CID   87809001.
  3. 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).
  4. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [ Rhodin AGJ, Iverson JB, Bour R, Fritz U, Georges A, Shaffer HB, van Dijk PP ]. (2017). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Edition)". In: Rhodin AGJ, Iverson JB, van Dijk PP, Saumure RA, Buhlmann KA, Pritchard PCH, Mittermeier RA (editors) (2017). "Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group". Chelonian Research Monographs7: 1–292. doi : 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017
  5. "Harvest sustainability of Sulawesi tortoise Indotestudo forstenii in Indonesia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  6. Species Indotestudo forstenii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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