Indotestudo
Genus of tortoises
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Indotestudo Lindolm, 1929[1] |
| Species | |
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Indotestudo elongata | |
Species
Indotestudo contains the following species:
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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_(7788485928).jpg) | 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 |
_by_Sandeep_Das.jpg) | Travancore tortoise | Indotestudo travancorica | India ( Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.) |
