Population, Ecology, and Threats to Two Endemic and Threatened Terrestrial Chelonians of the Western Ghats, India

Table 1

Population density and frequency of chelonians/shell parts encountered in the wild and at human settlements.

Number	Protected area	Indotestudo travancorica				Vijayachelys silvatica
		Density*	Wild	Settlement	Shell	Density*	Wild	Settlement
1	Vazhachal range, Vazhachal RF^a	0.03	8	5	8	0.02	1	1
2	Athirapilly range, Vazhachal RF^a	0.03	5	5	1	0	—	—
3	Chalakudy RF^a	0.03	12	—	—	0.02	1	—
4	Peppara WLS^b	0	0	9	—	0	—	—
5	Kulathupuzha RF^b	0.05	7	0	1	0	—	—
6	Neyyar WLS^b	0.02	1	12	—	0	—	—
7	Palode RF^b	0.03	2	6	—	0	—	—
8	Shendurney WLS^b	0.05	3	0	—	0.02	1	—

∗Individuals per hectare, ^aAnamalai Hills, and ^bAgasthyamalai Hills.