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Taxon Information

Accepted name:

Astrochelys radiata (Shaw, 1802)

Trivial names:

Strahlenschildkröte
English

Radiated tortoise

Synonyms and spelling versions:

Asterochelys
Geochelone radiata
Geochelone radiata
Testudo desertorum
Testudo hypselonota
Testudo radiata

Taxonomy:

Metazoa -> Chordata -> Reptilia -> Testudines -> Testudinidae -> Astrochelys

Group:

Reptilien

Protection

Regularizations	Footnotes	Name in source
WA Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen I		Astrochelys radiata
EG EG-Verordnung 750/2013 A		Astrochelys radiata
BG streng bzw. besonders geschützt nach BNatSchG s		Astrochelys radiata

Protection details:

Protection	Date	Annotation
Höchstschutz seit	20.06.76
Erstlistung seit	20.06.76
Besonders geschützt nach BNatSchG seit	31.08.80
More information on the history of regularizations you can get here

Additional remark:

Elaboration of protection history:
"Earliest protection" shows the first date after that the species is beeing protected by national law.
"Strongest protection state" shows the first date when the species has got the strongest protection.
"Protected by BNatSchG" shows since when a species is protected by national law.

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