Educational resources on Central Asian Tortoise

Central Asian Tortoise or Testudo horsfieldii is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A2d. IUCN Profile of the Central Asian Tortoise

Academic web links for the Central Asian Tortoise.

University of Pennsylvania Health System: News and Periodicals: News ...
The Central Asian tortoise could, however, offer a solution. "The immune systems of irradiated laboratory mice, when injected
www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/july03/tortoise.htm

EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Testudo horsfieldii (Central Asian ...
Original Description Gray 1844: 7 Holotype BMNH 1947.3.4.3 Type Locality "India, Affghanistan [sic]"; specifically "Kabul", according to Gray (1844:iv)
emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/species/Testudohorsfieldii/Testudohorsfieldii.html

EMYSystem Species Page: Testudo horsfieldii (Central Asian Tortoise)
Original Description: Gray 1844: 7: Type Locality "India, Affghanistan [sic]"; specifically "Kabul", according to Gray (1844:iv)
emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Testudohorsfieldii/Testudohorsfieldii.html

CalPhotos: Browse Reptile Common Names
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calphotos.berkeley.edu/fauna/com-Reptile.html

Untitled Document [www.uphs.upenn.edu]
The Central Asian tortoise could, however, offer a solution. "The immune systems of irradiated laboratory mice, when injected with spleen extracts of the tortoise, have
www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/july03/tortoiseprint.htm

EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Testudo (Palearctic Tortoises)
...species list T. graeca (Spur-thighed Tortoise) T. hermanni (Hermann's Tortoise) T. horsfieldii (Central Asian Tortoise) T. kleinmanni (Egyptian Tortoise)
emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/genus/Testudo/Testudo.html

CalPhotos
Testudo horsfieldii Central Asian Tortoise ID: 0000 0000 1208 1904 © 2008 Rafaqat Masroor
calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query?where-taxon=Testudo+horsfieldii&rel-taxon=begins...

CalPhotos: Browse Reptile Photos by Common Names
Central Asian Tortoise (1) Central Bearded Dragon (5) Central Coast Garter Snake (1) Central Military Dragon (8) Central Netted Dragon (5) Central Netted Dragon (3)
calphotos.berkeley.edu/browse_imgs/reptile_com_17.html

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

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