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Indotestudo Elongata

10 Sep 2024

In a first, critically endangered elongated tortoise spotted in Aravallis.

About  Indotestudo elongata

  • Another Name: The elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) is also known as Sal Forest Tortoise.
  • Indotestudo ElongataHabitat: It is widely distributed over eastern as well as northern India and Southeast Asia.
    • The tortoise, found in the Sal deciduous and hilly evergreen forests, is distributed across Southeast Asia from northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh in the west, eastward through Myanmar, Thailand, and all of Indochina, north to Guangxi Province of China and south to Peninsular Malaysia.
  • Conservation Status:
    • IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
    • CITES: Appendix II
    • Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972: Schedule IV
  • Threat: Hunted for food, local use such as decorative masks and international wildlife trade.

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Aravalli Range

  • Formation: Aravalli Range is one of the oldest fold residual mountains, formed from the convergence of tectonic plates during the Proterozoic Era (2500-541 million years ago).
  • Extent & Location: It  extends from Raisina Hills in New Delhi to  Khedbrahma and Palanpur in Gujarat,in a south-west direction, passing through southern Haryana and Rajasthan, and ending in Gujarat.  
    • About  80%  of  this  length, which is approximately 550 kilometers, is located in the state of Rajasthan.
    • Haryana, Delhi, Gujarat have 20% of the share in the terrain.
  • Ranges: Sambhar Sirohi Range and Sambhar Khetri Range in Rajasthan.
  • Highest peak: Guru Shikhar in Mount Abu (1,722 m).
  • Major Flowing Rivers: Banas, Luni , Sahibi etc 
  • Major Minerals: Cooper, Zinc, Marble, Lead, Silver etc
  • Tribal Communities: Bhil, Bhil-Meena, Meena, Garasia, etc

 

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