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Reptile: Ploughshare tortoise

Reptile: Ploughshare tortoise. AKA: Angonoka tortoise, Madagascar tortoise, Madagascar angulated tortoise Species: Astrochelys yniphora Synonyms: Geochelone yniphora, Testudo yniphora Rarest tortoise in the world. Ecological Niche. Eat grasses, forbs, shrubs & herbs

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Reptile: Ploughshare tortoise

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  1. Reptile: Ploughshare tortoise • AKA: Angonoka tortoise, Madagascar tortoise, Madagascar angulated tortoise • Species: Astrochelys yniphora • Synonyms: Geochelone yniphora, Testudo yniphora • Rarest tortoise in the world

  2. Ecological Niche • Eat grasses, forbs, shrubs & herbs • Live in bamboo scrub habitat of Baly Bay, West Madagascar • Known for morphological traits: • ‘plough’ on undersurface of shell

  3. Less than 1000 in wild and declining Possibly only 200 mature (2008 est.) 5 separated subpop. Combined territory = 12km^2 Issues & Conservation

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