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Indian/Sri Lankan Star Tortoise (G. elegans)
Burmese Star Tortoise
(G. platynota)
Other Starred Tortoises
Angulate Tortoise
(C. angulata)
Misc. Pages
Know any good Burmese Star tortoise links not listed here? Email me or post it on the bb.
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Burmese Star Tortoise
Web links
Geochelone platynota,
native to Myanmar (Burma)
These offsite links are NOT intended as an endorsement. They are included merely for the convenience of obtaining more information about Burmese Star tortoises. As always, do your own homework!
Profiles & Care Sheets
- Arkive - Threatened reptiles, Burmese Star
- CITES - species identification manual; choose 'fauna, species, group reptilia, G. platynota'
- FL Museum of Natural History - includes the Burmese Star tortoise
- Kingsnake - bb, Burmese Star tortoise care sheet, by Dr. William Zovickian
- Portál SvětŽelv - info, in Czech
- Tarta Club Italia - Tartaruga stellata Burmese, in Italian
- Testudines.org - Especie: Geochelone platynota, in Spanish
- Testudo Maniac - La tortue étoilée de Birmanie, in French
- Tortoise Trust - Breeding the Burmese Star Tortoise, by Rajanta Sinardja Rahardja
- Turtles of the World - Ernst, Altenburg, Barbour
- US Fish & Wildlife Service Forensic Lab - ID guide, Star-patterned tortoises, a pdf file
- World Chelonian Trust - Differentiating male and female, by Chris Tabaka, DVM
- World Chelonian Trust - Quiz: Which starred tortoise is this?
Books
Videos
- Taipei Zoo - Reproduction and conservation of Geochelone platynota, Sep 2009
- YouTube - more Burmese Star videos
Photos
Conservation etc.
- ATCN - Asian Turtle Conservation Network, reports, e.g. Myanmar Workshop on Chelonian Conservation, 2009
- ATCN - Importer's rare tortoises a labor of love, Japan Times, 2006
- Behler Chelonian Center - California
- Boston Globe - San Diego Zoo's first hatchlings, 2008
- IUCN Red List - Burmese Star tortoise is critically endangered
- Minsontaung Wildlife Sanctuary - has a Burmese Star tortoise breeding facility
- Shwesettaw Wildlife Sanctuary - A dry zone wildlife sanctuary where rare deer roam, by Dr Sein Tu
- Shwesettaw Wildlife Sanctuary - has a Burmese Star tortoise breeding facility
- Society for Conservation Biology - 16th annual meeting, case studies from Myanmar abstracts, 2002
- Taipei Times - Taipei Zoo to ink pact on rare tortoises, Sep 2009
- Taiwan Panorama - From Panaceas to Pollutants: Turtle Shells' Checkered History
- Tortoise Trust - Behind the Scenes: A Tortoise Survey of the Shwe Settaw Wildlife Sanctuary in Myanmar, by Dan Sterantino
- TSA - Turtle Survival Alliance, many articles on Burmese Stars, e.g. e-news and Myanmar travel logs
- TSA e-news - several annual magazines have articles about Burmese Star tortoises
- Turtle Conservation Fund - World's top 25 Most Endangered Turtles, includes the Burmese Star Tortoise and The Geometric Tortoise from Africa
- Wildlife Conservation Society - Low Tortoise Numbers Alarm Researchers, Feb 2000
- Wildlife Conservation Society - Curator's Report: The Star of Burman, summer 2002, p. 4, a pdf file
- Zoo Borns - Burmese Star Tortoise Hatchlings at the Knoxville Zoo, Jan 2009
Misc. Pages
Gifts
See also the Indian Star tortoise links page for lots more Star tortoise related links.
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