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|reallife=The Indian star tortoise is of medium size for a tortoise and is found in the arid and dry forests in India and Sri Lanka. Its name comes from the star-like patterns that feature on its high-domed shell. Because of these very distinctive patterns and its highly rounded shell, the Indian star tortoise is popular in the world's trade in exotic pets. The attractive markings on its shell, aside from looking very pretty, serve to help this tortoise more easily blend in with its surroundings, by breaking up the hard edge of the shell, so when the tortoise is grazing, it is not so obvious to predators passing by.
 
This species lives in three separate parts of the Indian subcontinent: western India and the extreme southeast of Pakistan (e.g., Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan in India, as well as the Thar Desert in Pakistan), in southeastern India (Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu), and on Sri Lanka. They occupy a wide variety of habitats, including semi-arid lowland forests, moist deciduous forest, thorn scrub forests, semi-desert and arid grasslands. This species has a high tolerance for habitats that are seasonally wet or dry, many populations inhabiting areas with a monsoon or rainy season followed by a long hot and dry period. Sometimes they live in agricultural areas.
 
Indian star tortoises are generally crepuscular, which means they are active in the early morning and the late afternoon during dry, hot weather. The rest of the time, they shelter under vegetation or some other cover. In the rainy season, they are much more active, moving around and feeding for much of the day. They become inactive in western India and Pakistan during the colder months of winter. These solitary animals do not hibernate, but when it is very dry and hot, or very cold, they stay inactive. Perception and communication appears to be mostly visual, though tactile and olfactory senses are also used during feeding, courtship, male competitive behavior, and nesting, and a male tortoise will vocalize to a female during mating.
 
Indian star tortoises are mainly herbivores (folivores and frugivores) and mostly eat grasses, herbaceous leaves, flowers, and fruit, and sometimes insects, carrion, and dung.
 
These tortoises are polygynandrous (promiscuous), with multiple males and females all have mating relationships. Males compete for females by ramming rival males or flipping them onto their backs. In comparison to many other tortoise species, courtship is rather more subdued, often with minimal or no butting, shoving, or biting of females - which in this species are often are much larger than males. Breeding starts when the rainy season arrives. (In south India this is mid-June to November.) About 60 - 90 days after mating, typically in the evening, females start to wander around and sniff the ground. When an acceptable nest site is found, a female will begin to dig a flask-shaped nest, using her hind feet. After laying her eggs, she fills in the nest, and, with her plastron, flattens down the soil. Each year females lay 1-9 clutches, with 1-10 eggs in each. Incubation is for 47 - 180 days. Once the eggs are laid, there is no care given to eggs or hatchlings. Females in the wild may reach maturity in 8 - 12 years while male are mature within 6 - 8 years, but the time may be much shorter for captive tortoises.
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Indian Star Tortoise

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Character Data
Romaji Indohoshigame
Debut Kemono Friends (2015 Game)
Animal Data
Scientific Name Geochelone elegans
Distribution South Asia
Diet Herbivore
Avg. Lifespan 30-80 years
Read More Indian star tortoise
Conservation Status iucn3.1 VU.svg.png
Indian Star Tortoise Nexon Game

Indian Star Tortoise is a type of reptilian Friend that appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game.

Series Appearances

Appearances In Kemono Friends Media
Media Role

Reptile Friends
Crocodilia
American Alligator • Gharial • Saltwater Crocodile • Spectacled Caiman
Lizards
Chinese Water Dragon • Frilled Lizard • Jackson's Chameleon • Komodo Dragon • Marine Iguana • Panther Chameleon • Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko
Snakes
African Rock Python • Amazon Tree Boa • Black Mamba • Boomslang • Byakuda • Coastal Taipan • Emerald Tree Boa • European Ratsnake • Green Anaconda • King Cobra • Okinawan Habu • Red-Tailed Boa • Titanoboa • Tsuchinoko
Turtles
Alligator Snapping Turtle • Eastern Santa Cruz Tortoise • Galápagos Tortoise • Genbu • Green Sea Turtle • Indian Star Tortoise • Leopard Tortoise • Loggerhead Sea Turtle • Pinta Giant Tortoise • Red-Eared Slider • Red-Footed Tortoise • San Cristóbal Giant Tortoise • Western Santa Cruz Tortoise
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