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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
Tips:
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A must-have book for all current and prospective Star owners!
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Links - Tortoise Diet
Sri Lankan Star tortoise
First, read the diet page for info on foods suitable for Indian/Sri Lankan & Burmese Star tortoises and other herbivorous tortoises.
These offsite links are not intended as an endorsement. They are included merely for the convenience of obtaining more information about tortoise diets.
Tortoise diet related books
See also the books page for numerous Star tortoise related publications.
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Star Tortoises: The Natural History, Captive Care, and Breeding of Geochelone elegans
- by Jerry D. Fife
- Living Art Publishings, 2007
- a must have book for every Star owner
- covers all aspects of Star care, 116 p.
- ISBN-10: 0978755626
- ISBN-13: 978-0978755621
- this book is also usually available on ebay
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The Tortoise and Turtle Feeding Manual
- by A.C. Highfield
- Carapace Press, 2000
- small softcover booklet, 52 p.
- includes the Indian Star tortoise
- limited availability
- ISBN-10: 1873943237
- ISBN-13: 978-1873943236
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Handbuch der Futterpflanzen für Schildkröten und andere Reptilien
- Handbook of Food Plants for Tortoises and Other Reptiles, by Marion Minch
- Kirschner & Seufer Verlag, Jan 2008
- text in German, but has color drawings & photos and Latin & English names
- limited availability, 350 p.
- ISBN-10: 3940376000
- ISBN-13: 978-3940376008
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Weeds: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press
- by Alexander C. Martin, Jean Zallinger
- St. Martin's Press, 2001
- inexpensive pocked ID guide, 160 p.
- illustrations in full color, US range maps
- ISBN-10: 1582381607
- ISBN-13: 978-1582381602
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Wildflowers of North America: A Guide to Field Identification
- by Frank D. Venning, Manabu C. Saito
- St. Martin's Press, 2001
- ID guide with full-color illustrations
- includes common tortoise food plants clovers, chicory, hibiscus, thistles etc.
- over 1,500 species, 340 p.
- ISBN-10: 1582381275
- ISBN-13: 978-1582381275
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Tortoise diet & edible plants
- ACIS - weed photo library, University of AZ
- African Tortoise - edible plants
- African Tortoise - Feeding Sulcata and Leopard tortoises, by Joe Heinen
- CTTC - Edible landscaping for tortoises, by Mary Cohen
- Dave's Garden - Garden Watchdog, a directory of over 7,000 mail order gardening companies with customer ratings, includes a list of top 30 nurseries
- DGS - UK, weed photo id guide, leaves & flowers
- Don's Desert Tortoises - Native Plants vs Grocery Produce, by Don Williams
- eLOOK - nutritional information
- Herp Care Collection - edible and harmful plants
- issuu - photos, edible plants and weeds for tortoises
- NC State University - the TurfFiles, id guide for broadleaves, grasses, and sedges
- Plants for a Future - searchable database of edible and medicinal plants, free database download, US
- Plants for a Future - edible and useful plants, UK mirror site
- Russian Tortoise - edible plants for tortoises
- Russian Tortoise - Calcium, Phosphorous and Vitamin D3, by Joe Heinen
- Reptile Channel - Indian Star tortoise diet, by Jerry Fife
- SedumPhotos - photos of over 600 kinds of sedums
- Spring mix salad - what's in it, picture guide to ingredients
- Tlady's - UK, edible plants, id guide with beautiful graphics, by Lin King
- Tortoise Group - nutrient values in foods
- Tortoise Group - plants to grow for tortoises
- Tortoise Group - transplanting dandelions
- Tortoise Table - edible, so-so, and poisonous plants; new UK site, Nov 09
- Tortoise Trust - UK, Feeding Tortoises, includes the Indian Star tortoise, by A.C. Highfield
- Tortoise Trust - UK, Notes on Dietary Constituents for Herbivorous Terrestrial Chelonians and their effect on Growth and Development, by A.C. Highfield
- Tortoise Trust - UK, winter feeding guide
- Turtle Cafe - list of edible plants
- UC Davis - weed photo gallery
- USDA - US Dept of Agriculture, searchable nutrition data base, including vegetables
- Weed Alert - photo id guide to US weeds
- World Chelonian Trust - Nutrient analysis of replacement turtle and tortoise foods, by Darrell M. Senneke
- Yahoo Green - Make your greens last longer
Toxic plants
Spineless cactus
Please, report any broken links. Thanks. :O)
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