Indian star tortoise
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| phylum | Chordata | The Indian star tortoise is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrub forest in India and Sri Lanka. This species is quite popular in the exotic pet trade. The carapace of G. elegans is very convex, with dorsal shields often forming humps; the lateral margins are nearly vertical; the posterior margin is somewhat expanded and strongly serrated. It has no nuchal scute, and the supracaudal is undivided, and curved inward in the male; the shields are strongly striated concentrically.
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| clade | Anapsida | |
| order | Testudines | |
| suborder | Cryptodira | |
| family | Testudinidae | |
| genus | Geochelone | |
| species | G. elegans |
