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Basic information
Geochelone platynota
Burmese Star Tortoise
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderTerrapins
FamilyTortoises
GenusStar Tortoises
- Czech name
- Želva barmská
- English name
- Burmese Star Tortoise
- Alternative names
- Burmese Starred Tortoise, Flatback Tortoise
- Synonyms
- Testudo platinota, Testudo platynota
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body mass
- max 4,981 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 28 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 50 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- ~5 individuals
- Sex determination
- Temperature-dependent sex determination
- Egg length
- ~41 mm
- Egg width
- ~34 mm
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3FP3V · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4