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Indian Star Tortoise
Geochelone elegans
An unmistakable land tortoise, due to its star pattern on both the carapace (top half of the shell) and the plastrone (bottom half of the shell). Shell is domed shaped, and more elongated in the adults and more rounded in juveniles. In Sri Lanka males are smaller than the females which posses a straight carapace length. These tortoises are herbivours though they have been known to scavenge on animal matter. Nesting season coinsides with the monsoons. Eggs are hard, brittled-shelled and laid between August to February with clutch sizes between 2 to 10.
Posted on November 18, 2008 at 11:22 am in Uncategorized.
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