radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)

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Subject:	radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
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English: Plate from A Monograph of the Testudinata by Thomas Bell.
Date 1832-1836
Source Rare Books Room http://www.rarebookroom.org/Control/beltda/index.html
Author James De Carle Sowerby (1787–1871); painting, Edward Lear (1812-1888) lithograph
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Testudo_radiata_Bell.jpg

The radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) is a species in the family Testudinidae. Although this species is native to and most abundant in southern Madagascar, it can also be found in the rest of this island, and has been introduced to the islands of Réunion and Mauritius.

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