Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys) Manouria emys emys
English: Asian Forest Tortoise at Toronto Zoo, Ontario, Canada.
Date 3 April 2010, 13:14
Author Kevin Ho http://www.flickr.com/people/23411600@N05
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manouria_emys_-Toronto_Zoo,_Ontario,_Canada-8a.jpg
The Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys), also known as the Asian brown tortoise, is a species of tortoise endemic to Southeast Asia. It is believed to be among the most primitive of living tortoises, based on molecular and morphological studies. The Asian brown tortoises occur in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Manouria
Species: Manouria emys (Schlegel & Müller, 1844)
Synonyms:
Testudo emys emys
Testudo emys Schlegel & Müller, 1840
Testudo emydoides A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
Manouria fusca Gray, 1854
Teleopus luxatus LeConte, 1854
Manouria emydoides — Strauch, 1862
Manouria emys — Strauch, 1862
Manouria luxata — Strauch, 1862
Testudo (Scapia) falconeri Gray, 1869
Scapia falconeri — Gray, 1870
Manuria emys — Lydekker, 1889
Geochelone emys — Loveridge & E. Williams, 1957
Manouria emys emys — Obst, 1983
Geochelone emys emys — Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
Testudo emys emys — Paull, 1999
Testudo emys phayrei
Testudo phayrei Blyth, 1853
Testudo (Scapia) falconeri — Gray, 1869
Scapia falconeri — Gray, 1870
Scapia phayrei — Gray, 1871
Testudo nutapundi Reimann, 1979
Geochelone nutapundi — Groombridge, 1982
Manouria emys nutapundi — Obst, 1983
Manouria emys phayrei — Bour, 1984
Geochelone (Manouria) emys phayeri Alderton, 1988 (ex errore)
Geochelone emys nutapundi — Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
Manouria nutapundi — Obst, 1996
Manouria emys phayeri — Paull, 1997
Manouria emys phayre Das, 2001 (ex errore)
Manouria emys phareyi Ferri, 2002 (ex errore)
