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The Asian forest tortoise ( Manouria emys ), also known commonly as the Mountain tortoise or Burmese Brown Mountain tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. It is believed to be among the most primitive of living tortoises, based on molecular and morphological studies.
Typically, Indotestudo elongata are around 30 cm (12 inches) long and 3.5 kg (7 pounds) as an adult. Females tend to be wider than males and more rounded. Males also have a tail that is much larger than that of the female. The males have a concave plastron while the plastron of a female is flat.
The impressed tortoise ( Manouria impressa) occurs in mountainous forest areas in Southeast Asia, mainly in Myanmar Burma, southern China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Northeast India. [3] The species has a golden brown shell and skin. Adults are much smaller than their relatives the Asian forest tortoise ( Manouria emys ...
The species was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Testudo mydas. In 1868, Marie Firmin Bocourt named a particular species of sea turtle Chelonia agassizii , [14] [15] in honor of Swiss-American zoologist Louis Agassiz . [16]
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 .
Testudo (genus) Testudo. (genus) Four tortoises of the genus Testudo. Testudo marginata sarda . and see text. Testudo, the Mediterranean tortoises, are a genus of tortoises found in North Africa, Western Asia, and Europe. Several species are under threat in the wild, mainly from habitat destruction .
Description. The marginated tortoise is the largest European tortoise, reaching a weight of up to 5 kg (11 lb) and a length of 35 cm (14 in). Its shell is oblong and has a notable thickness around the middle of the body. The posterior end of the shell has a saw-like formation, flanged outward like a bell.
Yellow-footed tortoises are a large species – fifth-largest overall and third-largest mainland species, after the Aldabra giant tortoise ( Aldabrachelys gigantea ), Galapagos giant tortoise ( Chelonoidis niger ), African spurred tortoise, and Asian forest tortoise. Typical sizes average 40 cm (15.75 in), but much larger specimens are common.