Indotestudo
| Indotestudo | |
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| Indotestudo elongata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Indotestudo Lindolm, 1929[1] |
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Indotestudo elongata | |
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 |
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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 |
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Forsten's tortoise | Indotestudo forstenii | Sulawesi Island of Indonesia, and its nearby islands such as Halmahera island |
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Travancore tortoise | Indotestudo travancorica | India ( Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.) |
References
- 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
