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Genus of tortoises
Indotestudo
is a
genus
of
tortoises
in the
family
Testudinidae
. The genus is native to
South
and
Southeast Asia
. The three
species
in the genus are all
threatened
.
Species
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Indotestudo
contains the following species:
Image
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Common Name
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Scientific name
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Distribution
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Elongated tortoise
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Indotestudo elongata
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India (Tripura, Jalpaiguri, East Bengal, and Singhbhum in Jharkhand), Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma (or Myanmar), Laos, Thailand (incl. Phuket), Cambodia, Vietnam, Western Malaysia, Southern China
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Forsten's tortoise
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Indotestudo forstenii
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Sulawesi Island of Indonesia, and its nearby islands such as Halmahera island
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Travancore tortoise
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Indotestudo travancorica
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India ( Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.)
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References
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- Alderton, D. 1988. Turtles and tortoises of the world. Facts on File, New York.
- Blyth, E. 1854. Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little-known. Part I. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 22 [1853]: 639-655
- Bour, R. 1980. Essai sur la taxinomie des Testudinidae actuels (Reptilia, Chelonii). Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris (4) 2 (2): 541-546
- Chan-ard,T.; Grossmann, W.; Gumprecht, A. & Schulz, K. D. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand - an illustrated checklist [bilingual English and German]. Bushmaster Publications, Wurselen, Germany, 240 pp.
- Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt, Kumthorn 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
- Das, I. 2008. Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles of India. WWF/WII poster