Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data
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Mulcahy, Daniel G.
Author
Lee, Justin L.
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Miller, Aryeh H.
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Chand, Mia
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Thura, Myint Kyaw
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Zug, George R.
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ZooKeys
2018
757
85
152
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.757.24453
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.757.24453
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Indotestudo elongata (Blyth, 1853)
Elongate Tortoise Fig. 4A
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's
expedition. 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.