- Cylindraspis peltastes
Taxobox
name = Cylindraspis peltastes
status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Testudines
familia =Testudinidae
genus = "Cylindraspis "
species = "C. peltastes"
binomial = "Cylindraspis peltastes"
binomial_authority = Dumeril & Bibron, 1835
synonyms ="Cylindraspis peltastes" or Domed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise was a species of
tortoise in theTestudinidae family. It was endemic to Rodrigues. It appears to have become extinct around 1800.ource
* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/6063/all Cylindraspis peltastes] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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