Argentine Tortoise

Taxobox
name = Argentine Tortoise


status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Testudinidae
genus = "Geochelone"
species = "G. chilensis"
binomial = "Geochelone chilensis"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1870)
synonyms = The Argentine Tortoise, Chaco Tortoise, or Southern Wood Tortoise ("Geochelone chilensis") is a species of turtle in the Testudinidae family.It is found in Argentina and Paraguay.

References

* Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/9007/all Geochelone chilensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.