Educational resources on Burmese Brown Tortoise

Burmese Brown Tortoise or Manouria emys is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to A1cd+2cd. IUCN Profile of the Burmese Brown Tortoise

Academic web links for the Burmese Brown Tortoise.

Burmese Brown Tortoise
Burmese Brown Tortoise (Geochelone emys emys) Diet: Grasses, fruits, etc. Habitat: Areas such as, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.
www.coe.ufl.edu/Courses/MST/cohort7/group2/bbtortoise.htm

ADW: Manouria emys: Information
The Burmese brown tortoise is larger (it can grow to 60 centimeters and weigh 37 kilograms) and is darker. The brown tortoise can grow to 50 centimeters and weigh 20 kilograms.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Manouria_emys.html

ADW: tortoise.jpg
Burmese Brown Tortoise (Manoura emys phayrei), Toledo Zoo, June 2002
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/tanya_dewey/tortoise.jpg/view.html

Eurasia
EURASIA (Click the pictures below for more information) Burmese Brown Tortoise: Caracal: Sika Deer: Asian Small-Clawed Otter
www.coe.ufl.edu/courses/MST/cohort7/group2/eurasia.htm

Title page for ETD etd-05012007-220802
Burmese brown tortoise Manouria emys Hatching success Conservation Date of Defense: 2007-04-06: Availability: unrestricted: Abstract Captive husbandry programs in zoos have documented
etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05012007-220802

TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION IN MANOURIA EMYS EMYS , THE ...
INDEX WORDS: Manouria emys , Burmese brown tortoise, Asian forest tortoise, Temperature-de pendent sex determination, Pivotal temperature, Sex ratio, Reproduction, Hatching success
etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05012007-220802/unrestricted/Emer_Sherri_200705_ms.pdf

CITES
Burmese Brown Tortoise: II: TESTUDINIDAE: Manouria (Geochelone) impressa: Impressed Tortoise: II: TESTUDINIDAE: Psammobates (Testudo) geometricus
web.as.uky.edu/biology/faculty/palmer/cites.htm