Manouria emys

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iBrown Tortoise
Juvenile mountain tortoise, Manouria emys
Juvenile mountain tortoise, Manouria emys
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Manouria
Species: M. emys
Binomial name
Manouria emys
(Schlegel & Müller, 1844)

Brown Tortoise or Asian Forest Tortoise (Manouria emys) is a species of tortoise found in India (Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo).

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[edit] Description

Shell considerably depressed, its depth not half its length; anterior and posterior margins reverted, more or less strongly serrated; nuchal present; supracaudal shields two; dorsal shields concentrically striated, often concave; vertebrals much broader than long and at least as broad as costals. Plastron large, gular region somewhat produced and usually notched, hind lobe deeply notched; the pectoral shields may be widely separated from each other, or from a short median suture; axillary shield very small, inguinal large. Head moderate; two large prefrontal shields and a large frontal; beak not hooked; jaws feebly denticulated, the alveolar surface of the upper jaw with a strong median ridge. Fore limb anteriorly with very large, bony, pointed, imbricate tubercles, forming four or five longitudinal series; hind limb with very large bony tubercles on the plantar surface, with others larger, conical, and spur-like on the heel, and a group of still larger conical tubercles on each side on the back of the thighs. Adult dark brown or blackish; carapace of young yellowish brown, with dark-brown markings. [1]

[edit] Subspecies

  • Manouria emys emys: S Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo; Type locality: Sumatra. M. e. emys has separated pectores scutes while M. e. phayrei has joined pectoral scutes.
  • Manouria emys phayrei: N/W Thailand to NE India; Type locality: Arakan; Tenasserim Provinces'. M. e. phayrei has been named after Sir Arthur Purves Phayre (1812-1885), British Army officer in India who became Commissioner of British Burma.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Boulenger, G.A.(1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
  • Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Manouria emys. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Endangered (EN A1cd+2cd v2.3)
  • Anderson, J. 1871 On Testudo Phayrei, Theob. & Dr. Gray. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 8: 324-330
  • Blyth, E. 1854 Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little-known. Part I. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 22 [1853]: 639-655
  • Schlegel, H. & Müller, S. 1844 Over de Schildpadden van den Indischen Archipel. In: Temminck,V. (1839-1847) Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen, door de leden der Natuurkundige Commisie in Oost-Indie en andere schrijvers. Leijden folio. Afd. 1 Zoologie in 12 afleveringen, met 45 gekl. pl. - Vitg. door C.J. Temminck, Leiden, Leuchtmans u. Hoeck in comm.: 29-36
  • Stoliczka, F. 1871 Note on Testudo Phayrei. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 8: 212

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