Afghan tortoise  (Testudo horsfieldii)

Species information

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Glossary

Scute: One of the large keratinous scales on the carapace (the top shell of a turtle or tortoise).

References

  1. IUCN Red List (January, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Turtles of the World (CD-ROM), by Ernst, C.H., Altenburg, R.G.M. and Barbour, R.W. (February, 2007)
    http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/turtles.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=397
  3. CITES (January, 2007)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. The Asian Turtle Consortium (February, 2007)
    http://www.asianturtle.org/htm/species_Testudo_horsfieldii%20.html
  5. Bergmann, P. (2001) The Natural History of the Central Asian Tortoise. The Cold Blooded News, 28 (10): 0. Available at:
    http://coloherp.org/cb-news/Vol-28/cbn-0110/RussianTortoise.html
  6. Anderson-Cohen, M. (1994) Russian Tortoise, Testudo horsfieldii. Tortuga Gazette, 30 (11): 1 - 4. Available at:
    http://www.tortoise.org/archives/russ.html
  7. The San Diego Turtle and Tortoise Society (February, 2007)
    http://www.sdturtle.org/RUSSIAN%20(Testudo%20Horsfieldii)%20CARE%20SHEET.htm
  8. The Russian Tortoise (February, 2007)
    http://www.russiantortoise.org/index.htm