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Indotestudo elongata (BLYTH, 1854)

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Higher TaxaTestudinidae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Elongated Tortoise, Yellow-headed tortoise
G: Gelbkopf-Landschildkröte
Chinese: 缅甸陆龟 
SynonymTestudo elongata BLYTH 1854
Testudo elongata — GRAY 1857: 342
Testudo elongata — THEOBALD 1868: 6
Testudo parallelus ANNANDALE 1913
Testudo elongata — SWAN & LEVITON 1962: 110
Geochelone elongata — PRITCHARD 1979
Indotestudo elongata — BOUR 1980
Indotestudo elongata — OBST 1985
Geochelone (Indotestudo) elongata — ALDERTON 1988
Indotestudo elongata — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 244
Indotestudo elongata — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 456
Indotestudo elongata — COX et al. 1998: 132
Indotestudo elongata — ZIEGLER 2002: 157
Indotestudo elongata — TTWG 2014
Indotestudo elongata — TTWG 2021
Indotestuda elongata — TENZIN et al 2022 (in error) 
DistributionNepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, NE India (Assam, Jalpaiguri, East Bengal, and Singhbhum in Bihar), Myanmar (= Burma), Laos, Thailand (incl. Phuket), Cambodia, Vietnam, W Malaysia, S China (Yunnan)

Type locality: Arakan, Tenasserim, Myanmar (= Burma).  
Reproductionoviparous. 
Typessyntypes: ZSI 796, 798–800 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3747 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Testudo elongata BLYTH 1854 is the type species of the genus Indotestudo LINDHOLM 1929: 285. 
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