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Geochelone
Fitzinger, 1835
(reptile)
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Testudinidae (Family) - tortoises
..Aldabrachelys (Genus)
..Astrochelys (Genus)
..Centrochelys (Genus)
..Chelonoidis (Genus)
..Chersina (Genus)
..‡Cylindraspis (Genus)
..Gopherus (Genus)
..†Hesperotestudo (Genus)
..Homopus (Genus)
..Indotestudo (Genus)
..†Kansuchelys (Genus)
..Kinixys (Genus)
..Malacochersus (Genus)
..Manouria (Genus)
..†Megalochelys (Genus)
..†Oligopherus (Genus)
..Psammobates (Genus)
..Pyxis (Genus)
..†Sinohadrianus (Genus)
..Stigmochelys (Genus)
..†Stylemys (Genus)
..Testudo (Genus)
..Geochelone (Genus)
....Geochelone elegans (Species) - Indian star tortoise
....Geochelone platynota (Species) - Burmese star tortoise
Authorship
Original name
:
Fitzinger, 1835. Ann. Wiener Mus., 1, 108, 111.
Gender
Feminine
Ref:
S.L. Olson & N. David, 2014.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
126
(4)
: 393.
Types
Type
:
Geochelone elegans
(Schoepff, 1795)
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Variants
Different rank
:
Geochelone
(Subgenus)
Fitzinger, 1835
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Geochelone
(Genus)
Fitzinger, 1835
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Asterochelys
(Genus)
Gray, 1874
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Geochelone
(Genus)
Fitzinger, 1835
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Including
:
Aldabrachelys
(Subgenus)
(Loveridge & Williams, 1957)
Including
:
Asterochelys
(Subgenus)
Including
:
Chelonoidis
(Subgenus)
Fitzinger, 1835
Including
:
†
Colossochelys
(Genus)
Falconer & Cautley, 1844
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28 Aug 2026