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Indotestudo travancorica

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA TESTUDINES TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name: Indotestudo travancorica
Species Authority: (Boulenger, 1907)
Common Name/s:
English – Travancore Tortoise
Synonym/s:
Geochelone travancorica (Boulenger, 1907)
Testudo travancorica Boulenger, 1907
Taxonomic Notes: This species was originally described from the Western Ghats of India; more recently it was synonymized with I. forstenii but has since been resurrected as a full species (Pritchard 2000).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3
Year Published: 2000
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Asian Turtle Trade Working Group
Reviewer/s: Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
History:
1986 – Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
India
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is listed on CITES Appendix II.
Citation: Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Indotestudo travancorica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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