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Star patterned tortoises...

Star Patterned Tortoises

Other Stars

Radiated tortoise adult, photo by Patrick Allen

In addition to the Indian Star Tortoise (including the Sri Lankan Star tortoise) there are several other star patterned tortoises.

Burmese Star tortoise

• Geochelone platynota
• Tortue étoilée de Birmanie - French
• Burma-Landschildkröte - German
• Burmese sterlandschildpad - Dutch
• from Myanmar (Burma)
• has fewer radiating lines in each star pattern than the Indian Star tortoise
• Arkive - profile
• Turtles of the World - profile
• see the Burmese Star tortoise pages, links on the left under 'Burmese Star Tortoise'

Geometric tortoise

• Psammobates geometricus
• aka Geometric Tent tortoise
• Tortue géométrique - French
• Geometrische Landschildkröte - German
• Geometrische schildpad - Dutch
• from Africa
• Arkive - profile
• Turtles of the World - profile

Malagasy Spider tortoise

• Pyxis arachnoides
• aka Common Spider tortoise
• Pyxide arachnoïde - French
• Spinnenschildkröte - German
• Spinschildpad - Dutch
• from Madagascar (island republic east of Africa)
• three subspecies - arachnoides (Common Spider tortoise), brygooi (Northern Spider tortoise), and oblonga (Southern Spider tortoise)
• Arkive - profile
• Turtles of the World - profile

Pancake tortoise

• Malacochersus tornieri
• aka African Pancake tortoise
• Tortue à carapace souple - French
• Spaltenschildkröte - German
• Spleetschildpad - Dutch
• Pannenkoekschildpad - Dutch
• from Africa
• Arkive - profile
• Turtles of the World - profile

Radiated tortoise

• Astrochelys radiata
• Geochelone radiata
• Tortue rayonnée - French
• Strahlenschildkröte - German
• Madagascar stralenschildpad - Dutch
• from Madagascar
• Arkive - profile
• Turtles of the World - profile
• see also the Radiated tortoise page

Radiated tortoise baby, photo by Vincent Chine

Serrated tortoise

• Psammobates oculiferus
• aka Kalahari Tent tortoise
• aka African Serrated Star tortoise
• aka Kalahari geometric tortoise
• Tortue étoilée du Kalahari - French
• Stachelrand-Landschildkröte - German
• Sterschildpad - Dutch
• from Africa
• Turtles of the World - profile

Tent tortoise

• Psammobates tentorius
• aka African Tent tortoise
• aka Starred tortoise
• aka Union Jack tortoise
• Tortue étoilée à bosses - French
• Höckerschildkröte - German
• Tentschildpad - Dutch
• from Africa
• three subspecies - tentorius (Common Tent tortoise), trimeni (Western Tent tortoise), and verroxii (Northern Tent tortoise)
• Turtles of the World - profile

Box Turtles

• some North American Box turtles also have a somewhat star-like pattern, especially the Terrapene carolina (eastern) and Terrapene ornata (western)
• see the Box turtle page and photos

More links

• Canadian Wildlife Service - CITES Identification Guide for Turtles & Tortoises, includes tortoises with star patterns
• TestudoManiac - Identification des Tortues étoilées