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The Radiated Tortoise of Madagascar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

J. O. Juvik
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Abstract

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After a preliminary survey in 1974 the author suggests that the outlook for the radiated tortoise in southern Madagascar is not entirely gloomy, thanks to traditional taboos on eating its flesh, improved government controls on exports, and import restrictions in other countries. Its future depends on the survival of some natural habitat; at the same time, he suggests, modern agricultural developments may be indirectly beneficial.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , October 1975 , pp. 145 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1975

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