Indotestudo

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Indotestudo
Indotestudo elongata Pengo.jpg
Indotestudo elongata
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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:

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Elongated Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) (7788485928).jpg Elongated tortoise Indotestudo elongataIndia (Tripura, Jalpaiguri, East Bengal, and Singhbhum in Jharkhand), Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma (or Myanmar), Laos, Thailand (incl. Phuket), Cambodia, Vietnam, Western Malaysia, Southern China
Baby Indotestudo Forstenii 2.jpg Forsten's tortoise Indotestudo forsteniiSulawesi Island of Indonesia, and its nearby islands such as Halmahera island
Travancore Tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) by Sandeep Das.jpg Travancore tortoise Indotestudo travancoricaIndia ( Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.)

References

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