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ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
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Afghan TortoiseEducational resources on Afghan TortoiseAfghan Tortoise or Testudo horsfieldii is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A2d. IUCN Profile of the Afghan Tortoise The Vertebrate Fauna of Afghanistan The Afghan tortoise Testudo horsfieldii is the easternmost representative of its genus; it is locally abundant in grassy places near springs and streams in rocky terrain up fwie.fw.vt.edu/afghanistan/Fauna.htm Turtle, Tuatara, Crocodile Checklist--11 GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AF, IR, PK, SU. COMMON NAME: Steppe tortoise, Horsfield's tortoise, Afghan tortoise, Four-toed tortoise, Central Asian tortoise. www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/turtcroclist/chklst11.htm Turtle, Tuatara, Crocodile Checklist--Index Afghan tortoise African dwarf mud turtle African forest terrapin African gavial African helmeted turtle African keeled mud turtle African mud turtles www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/turtcroclist/queryhitturt.htm
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