Re: Regarding Geochelone elegans in Pakistan.

Posted by Ulf Edqvist on September 09, 2000 at 17:35:50:

In Reply to: Regarding Geochelone elegans in Pakistan. posted by J.M. on September 09, 2000 at 04:12:42:

: 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 !"

Considering,

that I have seen wild G. elegans as close as 30 kilometers from the Pakistani border, and that the habitat and climate is exactly the same on the other side of the border,

that there are a few scientific records on G. elegans from the Pakistani part of the Thar desert,

that the Pakistani part of the Thar is hard to access, even for Pakistani nationals, these days (heavy military presence),

I think we can safely assume that G. elegans exists in Pakistan.

It would be very interesting to find how this man found out that previous recordings from Pakistan are not valid.

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: : 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 !" : Considering, : that I have seen wild G. elegans as close as 30 kilometers from the Pakistani border, and that the habitat and climate is exactly the same on the other side of the border, : that there are a few scientific records on G. elegans from the Pakistani part of the Thar desert, : that the Pakistani part of the Thar is hard to access, even for Pakistani nationals, these days (heavy military presence), : I think we can safely assume that G. elegans exists in Pakistan. : It would be very interesting to find how this man found out that previous recordings from Pakistan are not valid.

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