The Travan is the tortoise
The Travan is the tortoise The tortoise was once considered to be the same species as the Indian tortoise. The appearance of the two tortoises is also very similar. The pattern on the carapace is also very similar to the Burmese tortoise. The carapace is scattered with black color patches. It seems that the boundaries are clear.
The early descriptions of the Travanco tortoises distributed in southwest India and the Celebes tortoises distributed in the Indonesian islands were collectively called Indotestudo forstenii, but later It was determined to be a unique tortoise species and officially named Indotestudo travancorica. The most important distribution range of the Travansh tortoise is the two provinces of the Ghats in southwestern India, namely Karnataka and Kerala. The resting environment ranges from coastal shrubbery at sea level to altitude above sea level. The 450-meter mountainous area is dominated by evergreen forests. Travanco tortoises were gathered in the Taliso area of Kerala and the Travanco area, the capital of Kerala, so it was named Travanco after the area. All Ke Lugui.
The most important way to distinguish between Travanthropus tortoises and Celebes tortoises can be distinguished by the cervical shield. Basically, Celebes does not have a cervical shield, but The Travanco tortoise has a neck shield. Other identification methods must refer to tortoise morphometric records to know the appearance difference between the two. In principle, the Travanco tortoise and the Celebes tortoise There is not much difference in appearance. Almost all Travanco tortoises have no neck scutes, and the rest are just like the Burmese tortoises. However, there are no black spots on the abdomen. During the growth season, their ears and eyes will turn pink. They are particularly shy and do not like move.
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