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Title
Distribution records and conservation status of the Burmese Black Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys phayrei Blyth 1853) in western Myanmar
Author(s)
Platt, Steven G. ;Platt, Kalyar;Myo Myo, Khin ;Me Me , Soe;Rainwater, Thomas R.
Published
2018
Publisher
Herpetology Notes
Abstract
The Burmese Black Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys phayrei) is the largest tortoise in Asia (carapace length [CL] to 600 mm and body mass to 37 kg), occurring from eastern Assam (India) and Bangladesh, eastward into Myanmar and western Thailand, and southwards to the Surat Gap near the Thailand-Malaysia border (Stanford et al., 2015). Manouria emys phayrei (hereafter Manouria emys) is considered Endangered by the IUCN (provisionally reassessed as Critically Endangered in 2011) owing to widespread poaching for commercial markets in southern China, chronic subsistence harvesting, and habitat loss (Stanford et al., 2015). In common with most range countries, the distribution and conservation status of M. emys in Myanmar remain poorly known (Stanford et al., 2015). Historic records are available from the Arakan (now Rakhine) Hills, Moulmein (now Mawlamyaing), southern Tennasserim (now Tanintharyi), and Kachin State (Theobald, 1876; Iverson, 1992). More recently, we documented the occurrence of M. emys in the lowlands along the eastern base of the Rakhine Hills (Platt et al., 2001), and in the central Rakhine Hills (Platt et al., 2007). We here present two additional records of M. emys from western Myanmar, comment on its conservation status within this region, and provide conservation recommendations.
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