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A FEMALE and three male Indian starred tortoises (Testudo elegans Schoepff)1 have been kept since August 1962 in Bhubaneswar in a yard which is only partially paved. All the tortoises were obtained from dealers in Calcutta.
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JAYAKAR, S., SPURWAY, H. Bimodality of Laying – Hatching Times in Testudo elegans Schoepff (Chelonia). Nature 204, 603 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204603a0
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