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Flora and Fauna of the AIMST University

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136 <strong>Flora</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Fauna</strong> <strong>of</strong> The <strong>AIMST</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

Reptiles / Asian Forest Tortoise<br />

(Photocredit: Pr<strong>of</strong>. M. Ravich<strong>and</strong>ran)<br />

Name :<br />

English : Asian Brown Tortoise<br />

Local :<br />

Not available<br />

“Our moral <strong>and</strong> ethical responsibility is to protect o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

species in <strong>the</strong> spirit <strong>of</strong> husb<strong>and</strong>ry ra<strong>the</strong>r than destroy <strong>the</strong>m<br />

in <strong>and</strong> attitude <strong>of</strong> conquest.”<br />

Charles Southwick<br />

Scientific Name :<br />

Manouria emys<br />

(Schlegel & Müller)

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