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Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys)
Subject: Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys)
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Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys)


Testudo phayrei Blyth = Manouria emys phayrei (Blyth, 1854)
English: Brown Tortoise from dorsal
Date 1871 (published 1872)
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (vol. 1871, page 427)
Author Unknown
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TestudoPhayreiPZSL1871.jpg

The Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys), also known as the Asian brown tortoise, is a species of tortoise endemic to Southeast Asia. It is believed to be among the most primitive of living tortoises, based on molecular and morphological studies. The Asian brown tortoises occur in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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