Carapace and plastron greenish yellow, each shield with an irregular black spot or blotch, which may occupy its greater portion, or may be much broken up or indistinct.

[3] Elongated Tortoise on Youtube Typically, Indotestudo elongata are around 30 cm (12 inches) long and 3.5 kg (7 pounds) as an adult.

[4] The species is found in India (Tripura, Jalpaiguri, East Bengal, and Singhbhum in Jharkhand), Nepal, Mizoram, Bangladesh, Burma (or Myanmar), Laos, Thailand (incl.

This species of tortoise can be seen everywhere in Ban Kok, a village in Suan Mon sub-district, Mancha Khiri district about 50 km (31.1 mi) from Khon Kaen city in Isan (northeastern) Thailand.

[1] The principal threats to this species are the mass hunting of the remaining wild populations for the large and growing food markets in China and elsewhere in East Asia.

Their diet is principally a range of vegetables and edible leaves, however they also consume meat, snails, eggs and other food types.