{"id":131171,"date":"2024-09-10T19:43:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T14:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=131171"},"modified":"2024-09-10T19:43:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T14:13:15","slug":"indotestudo-elongata","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/indotestudo-elongata","title":{"rendered":"Indotestudo Elongata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a first, critically endangered elongated tortoise spotted in Aravallis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About\u00a0 Indotestudo elongata<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Another Name: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The elongated tortoise (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indotestudo elongata<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is also known as <\/span><b>Sal Forest Tortoise.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-131140 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/105-66e04c54087f8.webp\" alt=\"Indotestudo Elongata\" width=\"401\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/105-66e04c54087f8.webp 628w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/105-66e04c54087f8-300x208.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><b>Habitat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is widely distributed over <\/span><b>eastern as well as northern India and Southeast Asia.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tortoise, found in the <\/span><b>Sal deciduous and hilly evergreen forests,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is distributed across Southeast Asia from northern<\/span><b> 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.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Conservation Status:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IUCN Status:<\/b> <b>Critically Endangered<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>CITES: Appendix II<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972: Schedule IV<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Threat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hunted for food, local use such as decorative masks and international wildlife trade.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.098%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Aravalli Range<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Formation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aravalli Range is one of the <\/span><b>oldest fold residual mountains,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> formed from the convergence of tectonic plates during the Proterozoic Era (2500-541 million years ago).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Extent &#038; Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u00a0 extends from Raisina Hills in New Delhi to\u00a0 Khedbrahma and Palanpur in Gujarat,in a south-west direction, passing through southern Haryana and Rajasthan, and ending in Gujarat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">About\u00a0 80%\u00a0 of\u00a0 this\u00a0 length, which is approximately 550 kilometers, is located in the state of Rajasthan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Haryana, Delhi, Gujarat have 20% of the share in the terrain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Ranges: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sambhar Sirohi Range and Sambhar Khetri Range in Rajasthan.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Highest peak: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guru Shikhar in Mount Abu (1,722 m).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Major Flowing Rivers: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banas, Luni , Sahibi etc\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Major Minerals: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cooper, Zinc, Marble, Lead, Silver etc<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Tribal Communities: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhil, Bhil-Meena, Meena, Garasia, etc<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.9272%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 137.814%; 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