Angonoka

Taxobox
name = Angonoka


status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Testudinidae
genus = "Geochelone"
species = "G. yniphora"
binomial = "Geochelone yniphora"
binomial_authority = (Vaillant, 1885)
synonyms = The Angonoka, Madagascar Angulated Tortoise, or Madagascar Tortoise ("Geochelone yniphora") is a species of turtle in the Testudinidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar. This species is one of the rarest land tortoises in the world. Another common name, the Ploughshare tortoise refers to the appearance of the 'gular scute' at the plastron, which is drawn out into a plough-shaped projection between the front legs. The carapace is hard, highly domed and brown in colour, with prominent concentric growth rings on each scute. Males are larger than females.

ource

* Teen Turtle Specialist Group 2007. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/9016/all Geochelone yniphora] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.