{"id":152016,"date":"2021-12-09T15:06:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T09:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=152016"},"modified":"2021-12-09T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T09:36:16","slug":"the-indian-star-tortoises","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-indian-star-tortoises\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indian star tortoises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Indian star tortoises (Geochelone Elegans) have been seized by the Forest officials while being smuggled from Andhra Pradesh to Odisha.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-green\"><strong>About Indian star tortoise:<\/strong> It is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrub forests of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It is accustomed to monsoon seasons. These tortoises are easily recognizable by their star-patterned shells.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99564 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-9-Image-8.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Indian star tortoises\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Status: <\/strong>Vulnerable<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES: <\/strong>Appendix I<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wild Life Protection Act 1972: <\/strong>Schedule IV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> Star tortoises come from a wide distribution in India, where they live in semi-desert grasslands and moist deciduous forest. They are also found on sand dunes, in scrub forests, humid jungles and in human-altered habitats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characteristics: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indian star tortoise has medium-sized head, hooked beak, and short, thick legs covered with tubercles of various sizes and shapes. Males have a long tail, while females have short and stubby tails. Indian star tortoise is a diurnal animal that is mostly active in the morning and late in the afternoon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Behaviour and Temperament:<\/strong> Indian star tortoises do not like being handled. They can get stressed out and get ill if handled frequently.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food Habits:<\/strong> Star tortoises are herbivores. They need plenty of fresh and dark leafy greens and grasses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Threats: <\/strong>It is the single most confiscated species of freshwater tortoise in the world. It faces threats such as loss of habitat to agriculture and illegal harvesting for the pet trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Indian star tortoises (Geochelone Elegans) have been seized by the Forest officials while being smuggled from Andhra Pradesh to Odisha. About Indian star tortoise: It is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrub forests of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It is accustomed to monsoon seasons. These tortoises are easily recognizable&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-indian-star-tortoises\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Indian star tortoises<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-152016","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}