Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data
Mulcahy, Daniel G.
Lee, Justin L.
Miller, Aryeh H.
Chand, Mia
Thura, Myint Kyaw
Zug, George R.
ZooKeys
2018
757
85
152
3PNQV
Blyth, 1853
Blyth
1853
Testudines
Testudinidae
Indotestudo
CoL
Animalia
Indotestudo elongata
Testudines
0
85
Chordata
species
elongata
Description. A shell of this species was seen in Yeybu village. Carapace length (straight) was approximately 22 cm; sex indeterminate owing to absence of a plastron. Nine distinct growth annuli were visible on the second right pleural scute. Figure 4. Selected turtles and lizards found during this study'sexpedition. A Indotestudo elongata(USNM HerpImage 2896) B Dogania subplana(USNM HerpImage 2897) C Acanthosaura crucigera(USNM 587019) D Eutropis multifasciata(USNM 587035) E Takydromus sexlineatus(USNM 587034) F Calotes emma(USNM 587022). Photos A & C by Daniel G. Mulcahy, all others by Myint Kyaw Thura.
Natural history notes. The tortoise from which the shell was derived was presumably from the adjacent forest.
General Distribution. Widespread, Nepal, northern peninsular and Northeast India to Southeast Asia into northernmost West Malaysia.
Molecular Data. No molecular data available.
Specimens examined. The specimen was found in a camp and photo vouchered. USNM Herp Image 2896
Red List status. EN (Endangered); CITES Appendix II.