{"id":77861,"date":"2021-01-21T20:10:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T14:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=77861"},"modified":"2021-03-01T13:19:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T07:49:55","slug":"indian-star-tortoises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-star-tortoises\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian star tortoises \u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Why in News:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Indian star tortoises have been seized by the Forest officials while being smuggled from Andhra Pradesh to Odisha.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Facts:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77840\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iucn.png?resize=274%2C190&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"iucn\" width=\"274\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iucn.png?w=274&amp;ssl=1 274w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iucn.png?resize=150%2C104&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Source: IUCN<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Indian star tortoise (<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Geochelone<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Elegans)<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: It is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrub forest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0India, P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">akistan and Sri Lanka.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0It is accustomed to monsoon seasons.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These tortoises are easily recognizable by their star-patterned shells.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">IUCN Status:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vulnerable<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Wild Life Protection Act 1972:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Schedule IV<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CITES<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Appendix I<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Threats:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is the single most confiscated species of freshwater tortoise in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">world. It<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0faces threats such as loss of habitat to agriculture and i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">llegal harvesting for the pet trade.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/andhra-pradesh\/forest-officials-seize-414-live-indian-star-tortoises-two-from-odisha-arrested-in-east-godavari\/article33601312.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Article Source<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why in News:\u00a0\u00a0 Indian star tortoises have been seized by the Forest officials while being smuggled from Andhra Pradesh to Odisha.\u00a0 \u00a0Facts:\u00a0 \u00a0Source: IUCN\u00a0 Indian star tortoise (Geochelone Elegans): It is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrub forests\u00a0of\u00a0India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.\u00a0It is accustomed to monsoon seasons.\u00a0 These tortoises are easily&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-star-tortoises\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian star tortoises \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":77866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182],"tags":[1316],"class_list":["post-77861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","tag-env_2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Indian-star-tortoises.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","views":{"total":66,"cached_at":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}