IMPRESSED TORTOISE

About:

• Scientific Name: Manouria Impressa.
  
  
• Common name: Impressed Tortoise.
  
  
• IUCN Redlist status:
  
  
• Distribution: it occurs in mountainous forest areas in Southeast Asia in Burma, southern China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and now has been found in India.
  
  
• Features: The species has a golden brown shell and skin. Adults are much smaller than their relatives the Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys).
  
  

Recent discovery:

• A team of herpetologists from the Forest Department and two NGOs found the Impressed Tortoise in Yazali area of the Lower Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh.
  
  
• This is the first record of the Impressed tortoise in India, taking the count to five and the non-marine chelonian count to 29. Chelonian is an order of reptile that includes turtles, terrapins and tortoises.