Manouria emys

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Manouria emys

Species Authority:

(Schlegel & Müller, 1840)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Asian Giant Tortoise, Asian Tortoise, Black Giant Tortoise, Burmese Brown Tortoise, Burmese Mountain Tortoise, Six-legged Tortoise
French	–	Tortue Brune

Synonym/s:

Geochelone emys (Schlegel & Müller, 1840)

Manouria fusca Gray, 1854

Testudo emys Schlegel & Müller, 1840

Testudo nutapundi Reimann in Nutaphand, 1979

Testudo phayrei Blyth, 1853

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
1994	–	Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Insufficiently Known

Countries:	Native: Bangladesh; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam Presence uncertain: Cambodia; China

Countries:

Native:

Bangladesh; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam

Presence uncertain:

Cambodia; 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. Manouria emys. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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