Indotestudo

Indotestudo
Indotestudo elongata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Indotestudo contains the following species:

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Elongated tortoise Indotestudo elongata India (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 tortoise Indotestudo forstenii Sulawesi Island of Indonesia, and its nearby islands such as Halmahera island
Travancore tortoise Indotestudo travancorica India ( 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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