EMYSystem Species Page: Manouria impressa
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Testudinidae (Tortoises)
SubfamilySubfamily Xerobatinae ()
GenusGenus Manouria (Indochinese Tortoises)
SpeciesSpecies Manouria impressa (Impressed Tortoise)
range of species Manouria impressa
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Original Description Günther 1882 : 343
Type Locality "Siam" [= Thailand]
Holotype BMNH 1947.3.5.7
Original name Geoemyda impressa
Common name Impressed Tortoise
Distribution Burma and Malaya (Malaysia) to Vietnam and southern China (PRC)
Comments Reviewed by Smith (1931; as Testudo impressa), Bourret (1941; as Testudo impressa), Taylor (1970; as Testudo impressa), Groombridge (1982; as Geochelone impressa), Obst (1983a), and Moll (in Swingland and Klemens, 1989).
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