• Medium-sized body with a yellowish-brown or olive-colored shell
• Black blotches at the center of each scute
• Pink ring around nostrils during breeding season

• Found in Sal deciduous and hilly evergreen forests
• Distribution includes Southeast Asia, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and other regions

• Human exploitation for food and traditional medicine
• Hunting, often with the help of dogs
• Habitat degradation and illegal wildlife trade

• Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List
• Appendix II under the CITES

PYQ:

[2013] Consider the following:

1. Star tortoise

2. Monitor lizard

3. Pygmy hog

4. Spider monkey

Which of the above are naturally found in India?

(a) 1, 2 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 4 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3 and 4