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单词 indian starred tortoise
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Indian starred tortoise
starred tortoise n. [originally after scientific Latin Testudo stellata, former scientific name (1812 or earlier)] any of several small tortoises (family Testudinidae) having a dark brown or black carapace marked with radiating yellow or orange lines: Geochelone elegans (more fully Indian starred tortoise), G. platynota (more fully Burmese starred tortoise), and Psammobates tentorius of South Africa.
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1831 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IX. Syn. 4 Starred Tortoise, Testudo Stellata.
1993 Aquarist & Pondkeeper Oct. 11/4 Tortoises from warmer parts of the world, for example, South American Red-footed Tortoises (Geochelone carbonaria) and Indian Starred Tortoise (G. elegans), kept in heated vivaria will also bite into a complete cuttlefish bone, if available.
2010 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Apr. (Final ed.) (Features section) 7 It is against the law to remove the critically endangered Burmese starred tortoise from the forests of Myanmar, but I easily found an apparent seller in Bangkok, Thailand.
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