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

Table 3

Morphometrics and cloacal temperatures of Indotestudo travancorica encountered during the study.

Measurements	Wild (𝑛=38)			Settlements (𝑛=37)			Carapaces (𝑛=10)
	Range	𝑥	SD	Range	𝑥	SD	Range	𝑥	SD
Carapace length (cm)	6.3–26.4	19.6	5.4	7.1–27.0	13.4	4.5	10.7–28.3	18.0	7.3
Carapace width (cm)	6.2–17.6	12.9	2.8	6.7–17.1	9.8	2.1	8.0–20.6	13.1	4.9
Plastron length (cm)	5.0–20.7	14.9	3.8	5.7–18.0	10.5	2.8	7.2–23.3	17.5	4.8
Plastron width (cm)	2.9–16.8	8.5	2.5	3.3–10.1	6.3	1.6	4.6–14.7	10.5	2.9
Bridge length (cm)	2.8–11.2	7.6	1.9	3.1–10.0	5.7	1.5	3.9–6.6	5.3	1.9
Height (cm)	3.1–10.5	8.1	1.7	3.3–9.9	6.2	1.4	4.6–7.6	6.3	1.5
Weight (g)	53–2298	1207.7	647.6	66–2371	46.5	475.8	NA
Cloacal temperature (°C)	17.6–33.1	26.7	3.3	23.0–31.7	27.9	2.4	NA
Ticks	0–7	1.8	2.0	0–2	0.1	0.4	NA
Algal growth	Yes = 18.4%			Yes = 8.1%			NA