Research Article
Population, Ecology, and Threats to Two Endemic and Threatened Terrestrial Chelonians of the Western Ghats, India
Table 2
Morphometrics and cloacal temperatures of Vijayachelys silvatica encountered during the study.
| | Measurements | Wild | Settlements | | Range | | SD |
| | Carapace length (CL; cm) | 11.5–12.2 | 11.8 | 0.4 | 12.2 | | Carapace width (CW; cm) | 8.3–9.8 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 9.0 | | Plastron length (PL; cm) | 9.3–10.8 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 10.0 | | Plastron width (PW; cm) | 5.5–6.7 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 6.3 | | Bridge length (BL; cm) | 3.7–4.1 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 4.0 | | Shell height (SH; cm) | 4.3–4.5 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 4.0 | | Weight (g) | 192–267 | 219 | 41.7 | 206 | | Cloacal temperature (°C) | 23.3–30.7 | 26.8 | 3.7 | 29.5 | | Ticks | 0–2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2 | | Algal growth | Yes 3 | Yes 1 |
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