Animalia > Chordata > Reptilia > Testudines > Testudinidae > Astrochelys > Astrochelys yniphora
 

Astrochelys yniphora (Madagascan (Plowshare) Tortoise)

Synonyms: Angonoka yniphora; Asterochelys yniphora; Geochelone yniphora; Testudo hyniphora; Testudo yniphora

Wikipedia Abstract

The angonoka tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora) is a critically endangered species of tortoise endemic to Madagascar. It is also known as the angonoka, ploughshare tortoise, Madagascar tortoise, or Madagascar angulated tortoise.
View Wikipedia Record: Astrochelys yniphora

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Astrochelys yniphora

Attributes

Diet [1]  Herbivore, Coprophage
Hibernates [1]  Yes
Top 100 Endangered [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Madagascar dry deciduous forests Madagascar Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Baly Bay National Park Madagascar  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Honolulu Zoo
Nogeyama Zoological Gardens Yokohama
Singapore Zoological Gardens

Distribution

NW Madagascar (small area about Baly Bay) Terra typica: ...la grande Comore. . ." (in error); designated by Bour 1978 as "cap d'Amparafaka (Baie de Baly), nord-ouest de Madagascar".;

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Uetz P., , TIGR Reptile Database in Catalog of Life 2011
Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013.
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 2Baillie, J.E.M. & Butcher, E. R. (2012) Priceless or Worthless? The world’s most threatened species. Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011