Indotestudo travancorica

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Travancore Tortoise
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Indotestudo
Species: travancorica
Binomial name
Indotestudo travancorica
(Boulenger, 1907)
Synonyms

Geochelone travancorica

Travancore Tortoise Indotestudo travancorica is a species of tortoise found in the Western Ghats of India.

[edit] References

  • Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Indotestudo travancorica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1cd v2.3)
  • Pritchard, Peter C. H. 2000 Indotestudo travancorica. A Valid Species of Tortoise? Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist 5(2):18-28.
  • Ramesh, M. 2004 Long distance dispersal by a Travancore tortoise, Indotestudo travancorica. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 105

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