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SYSTEMATIC LIST 
The following is a list of the names used for tortoises taken mostly fom the taxonomic index of Wermuth and 
Mertens (1977). The names discussed in the text are indicated with an asterisk. Names not mentioned by Wermuth 
and Mertens were usually those not yet published and are indicated by a double asterisk. 
abingdonii* boulengeri* Chersinella* 
Acinixys* babcocki* brygooi* Chersobius 
actinoides* becki* burnesii Chersus 
agassizii* Bellemys* buxtoni chilensis* 
Agrionemys* belliana* Cinixys 
Aldabrachelys* belli cagado* Cinothorax 
angulata* bergeri* calcarata coui 
arachnoides* berlandieri* campanulata Cylindraspis* 
areolatus* bettai caouana 
argentina* bicaudalis carbonaria* darlingi* 
armata biguttata castanea* darwini* 
Asterochelys bipunctata Centrochelys* daudinii* 
atlas** boettgeri* chathamensis* denticulata* 
boiei Chersina* depressa 
