Angonoka tortoise

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q769942
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Summary

Angonoka tortoise is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (880 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered[4]
  • Parent taxon: Astrochelys[5]
  • Endemic to: Madagascar[6]
  • Taxon name: Astrochelys yniphora[7]
  • Commons category: Astrochelys yniphora[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Astrochelys yniphora[9]
  • Commons gallery: Astrochelys yniphora[10]
  • Short name: A. yniphora[11]
  • Taxon common name: Ploughshare tortoise[12], Tortuga de Madagascar[13], Tortuga Globulosa Malagache[14], Tortue à éperon[15], Tortue à plastron éperonné[16], Tortue à soc de Madagascar[17], Tortue de Madagascar[18], Angonoka[19], Madagascar Angulated Tortoise[20], Madagascar Tortoise[21]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[22]

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Identifiers

Angonoka tortoise's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 73696[23]. Angonoka tortoise's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 532073[24]. Angonoka tortoise's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 794291[25]. Angonoka tortoise's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441673[26]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 202108[27] and 949443[28].

Why It Matters

Angonoka tortoise has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [26] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [22] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 202108, 949443
    Sitelink count → 41
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Astrochelys
    Iucn conservation status → Critically Endangered
    Taxon rank → species
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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