Regarding Geochelone elegans in Pakistan.

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Posted by J.M. on September 09, 2000 at 04:12:42:

Recently I have had the opportunity of exchange some E-Mails with a zoologist and tortoise breeder in Pakistan. I inquired about the pakistani form of Geochelone elegans (an arid zone adapted form of Geochelone elegans, described in some books and from time to time offered for sale by some european breeders).
(I try to work only with arid zone reptiles, according to my climate.)

For my surprise this man assured me that the only tortoises of this specie occurring in Pakistan are in a very few breeding private centers and all these breeding stock was imported from Bangladesh. The offspring is legally exported, but there are not Geochelone elegans in the wild in Pakistan.

He wrote: "Regards to G.elegans they are only found in
India, Srilanka, Bangladesh & Burma but not in
Pakistan or Afghanistan ...you will sometimes wrongly
find written in several books that WILD G.elegans
in Pakistan but that is not the case !"

This source is of the most well informed and trustworthy. So after years of searching this tortoise form I found that it doesn't exist.

What do you think???

Regards everybody, the pic is from the Canarian Desert.

Juan - Canary Islands

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: Recently I have had the opportunity of exchange some E-Mails with a zoologist and tortoise breeder in Pakistan. I inquired about the pakistani form of Geochelone elegans (an arid zone adapted form of Geochelone elegans, described in some books and from time to time offered for sale by some european breeders). : (I try to work only with arid zone reptiles, according to my climate.) : For my surprise this man assured me that the only tortoises of this specie occurring in Pakistan are in a very few breeding private centers and all these breeding stock was imported from Bangladesh. The offspring is legally exported, but there are not Geochelone elegans in the wild in Pakistan. : He wrote: "Regards to G.elegans they are only found in : India, Srilanka, Bangladesh & Burma but not in : Pakistan or Afghanistan ...you will sometimes wrongly : find written in several books that WILD G.elegans : in Pakistan but that is not the case !" : This source is of the most well informed and trustworthy. So after years of searching this tortoise form I found that it doesn't exist. : What do you think??? : Regards everybody, the pic is from the Canarian Desert. : Juan - Canary Islands

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