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.
Indotestudo | |
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Indotestudo elongata | |
Scientific 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 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 | |
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.) |