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Star Tortoise

Geochelone elegans

Description:

A Land tortoise of low-country dry zone up to about 300m, usually found in shrub jungles, grasslands, chena cultivations and teak plantations. It feeds mainly on plant matters such as flowers of varies plants, but also scavenges on animal matters. Though illegal it is widely collected for pet trade.

Habitat:

forest path

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26 Comments (1–25)

ShannaB
ShannaB 10 years ago

Congrats Nuwan. I have only seen these as tiny babies in a zoo.

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 10 years ago

Congrats to you on this beauty...

Congratulations Nuwan!

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Congrats on a nice SOTD!

Great find Nuwan,amazing carapace,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing

Fyn Kynd
Fyn Kynd 10 years ago

Nice spot, Nuwan! Congrats.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Spectacular turtle! Congratulations!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Congratulations Nuwan for this great spot and the SOTD!

Chamalka Dulmini
Chamalka Dulmini 10 years ago

Congratulations Nuwan!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

Thank you Ocean Mist!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

Thank you Mona!

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Congratulations Nuwan.. :)

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

Thanks so much for your comments and favorites !

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

Congratulations Nuwan .... so nice spotting

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 10 years ago

Congratulations Nuwan !!

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

congrats on SOTD!

kdpicturemaker
kdpicturemaker 10 years ago

Congrats Nuwan. Nature is amazing in design.

surekha
surekha 10 years ago

So beautiful, Nuwan! Congratulations!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Congrats Nuwan.

Congratulations NuwanChathuranga.
Lovely spotting.

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 10 years ago

Congratulations on the SOTD Nuwan! : )

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Congratulations, Nuwan. Very deserved SOTD.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Congrats Nuwan!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Congrats Nuwan, this handsome tortoise has earned you Spotting of the Day!

The star tortoise has a distinctive radiating pattern on its carapace that provides it with a surprisingly efficient camouflage by visually breaking up its outline when it sits in the shade of grass or vegetation.

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Lovely design, beautiful land tortoise, thanks for sharing, NuwanChathuranga.

NuwanChathuranga
Spotted by
NuwanChathuranga

Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Mar 19, 2014
Submitted on Mar 20, 2014

Spotted for Mission

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