- Where to see one
- 4 U.S. zoos in our directory hold burmese star tortoise, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the burmese star tortoise
The Burmese star tortoise is a critically endangered tortoise native to the dry, deciduous forests of Myanmar. Its strongly domed carapace carries radiating star-shaped patterns, and the bumps on the shell also resemble stars. It can be told apart from the more common Indian star tortoise by comparing the plastrons, the underside of the shell. Breeding the species is difficult, but captive breeding programs have grown from 200 tortoises in 2004 to 14,000 by October 2017, and about 1,000 have been reintroduced into the wild. In 2021 a pair of hatchlings born on Necker Island was announced as part of ongoing conservation work for the species.
Burmese Star Tortoise facts
- Captive breeding programs grew from 200 tortoises in 2004 to 14,000 by October 2017.
- About 1,000 Burmese star tortoises have been reintroduced into the wild.
- Even its shell bumps look like stars.
- Breeding the species is difficult, and its first successful captive breeding came in Taiwan in 2003, when a few hatched.
Where to see burmese star tortoise in the U.S.
4 zoos across 4 states
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New York· 1
Pennsylvania· 1
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