Deliberate fire set by illegal loggers and poachers: An often-ignored but widespread threat to the critically endangered Elongated Tortoise, Indotestudo elongata (Blyth 1854)

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  • Tapil Rai Department of Environmental Science, Mechi Multiple Campus (TU), Tribhuvan University, Bhadrapur, Jhapa, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7426-0425

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v32i1.23141

Keywords:

Critically Endangered, Indotestudo elongata, burned tortoise, deliberate fire, threat

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2025-12-31

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Vol. 32 No. 1 (2025): Reptiles & Amphibians

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How to Cite

Rai, T. P. (2025). Deliberate fire set by illegal loggers and poachers: An often-ignored but widespread threat to the critically endangered Elongated Tortoise, Indotestudo elongata (Blyth 1854). Reptiles & Amphibians, 32(1), e23141. https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v32i1.23141