Common name:
Burmese star tortoiseESF category:
AIUCN category:
Critical endangered
CITES:
INT - Appendix I
EU - Appendix ARegistered animals:
37Studbook coordinators:
Andrew Lewis
Fred Gaal
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Species Description
The Burmese Star Tortoise has radiating star-shaped patterns on its strongly domed carapace. It has bumps on its shell that look like stars. This tortoise can easily be distinguished from the more common Indian star tortoise by comparing the plastrons of the two species.
