Keyword: "elongated tortoise"

The tortoise (Indotestudo elongata), weighing about 3.5kg and measuring nearly 30cm in length, was released after forest rangers, local authorities and the reserve's management board confirmed that it was healthy and fit to return to its natural habitat.

The animals included a monitor lizard, a pangolin, an elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) and an impressed tortoise (Manouria impressa).

The elongated tortoise is one of the most beautiful and rare terrestrial tortoise species, listed in both the Vietnam Red Data Book and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.