Relative Abundance and Morphometrics of the Travancore Tortoise, Indotestudo travancorica, in the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary, Southern Western Ghats, India

Madhuri Ramesh

doi:10.2744/CCB-0663.1

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Madhuri Ramesh^1,2

¹Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank, Mamallapuram, PO Bag 4, Tamil Nadu – 603 104, India [ ] madhurir@hotmail.com
²Present Address: Group for Nature Preservation and Education, New no. 30, Block II, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kotturpuram, Chennai – 600 041, India

Abstract

Relative abundance of the Travancore tortoise, Indotestudo travancorica, was assessed in 5 localities within the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary, India, from December 2002 to March 2003. Relative abundance varied with site and season, but the overall mean search effort for this study was only 3.4 man-hours/tortoise. Morphometric data were collected from 49 adults and 3 juveniles; sexual differences in carapace shape (elongated in males, ovoid in females) and variations in carapace color (darker in mesic habitats) were also observed.

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Madhuri Ramesh "Relative Abundance and Morphometrics of the Travancore Tortoise, Indotestudo travancorica, in the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary, Southern Western Ghats, India," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7(1), 108-113, (1 August 2008). https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0663.1

Received: 9 June 2006; Accepted: 1 December 2007; Published: 1 August 2008

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