Indotestudo

Indotestudo is a genus of tortoise from South and Southeast Asia. in the family Testudinidae. The three species in the genus are all threatened.

Indotestudo
Indotestudo elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Indotestudo
Lindolm, 1929[1]
Species

Indotestudo elongata
Indotestudo forstenii
Indotestudo travancorica

Species

It contains the following species:

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Elongated tortoiseIndotestudo elongataIndia (Tripura, Jalpaiguri, East Bengal, and Singhbhum in Jharkhand), Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma (or Myanmar), Laos, Thailand (incl. Phuket), Cambodia, Vietnam, Western Malaysia, Southern China
Forsten's tortoiseIndotestudo forsteniiSulawesi Island of Indonesia, and its nearby islands such as Halmahera island
Travancore tortoiseIndotestudo travancoricaIndian ( Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.)


References

  1. JCVI.org (Retrieved February 24, 2010.)
  • 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, Würselen, 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


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