Indotestudo elongata

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Blyth, 1853)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Elongated Tortoise, Pineapple Tortoise, Red-nosed Tortoise, Yellow-headed Tortoise, Yellow Tortoise
French	–	Tortue À Tête Jaune

Synonym/s:

Geochelone elongata (Blyth, 1853)

Testudo elongata Blyth, 1853

Testudo parallellus Annandale, 1913

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered A1cd+2cd ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

2000

Assessor/s:

Asian Turtle Trade Working Group

Reviewer/s:

Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)

History:

1996	–	Vulnerable (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)

Countries:	Native: Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Viet Nam Presence uncertain: China

Countries:

Native:

Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Viet Nam

Presence uncertain:

China

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions:	It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Citation:	Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Indotestudo elongata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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