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Asian tortoise

Manouria emys (Schlegel & Müller, 1844)

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The Asian tortoise (Manouria emys) is a species in the family Testudinidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh about 26 kg and live up to 19.9 years.

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Quick facts about the Asian tortoise

Weight
26 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
19.9 yearssrc for Lifespan
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Egg incubation
66 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
39src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
At dawn and dusk (crepuscular)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the Asian tortoise live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the Asian tortoise as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Singapore

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the Asian tortoise endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Asian tortoise classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyTestudinidae
  6. genusManouria
  7. SpeciesManouria emys (Schlegel & Müller, 1844)

Synonyms Geochelone emys, Manouria fusca, Manouria fusca, Teleopus luxatus, Testudo emydoides, Testudo emys, Testudo falconeri, Testudo nutapundi, Testudo phayrei

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • Asian brown tortoiseEnglish
  • Asian forest tortoiseEnglish
  • Asian giant tortoiseEnglish
  • Black giant tortoiseEnglish
  • Brown tortoiseEnglish
  • Burmese brown tortoiseEnglish
  • Burmese mountain tortoiseEnglish
  • Six-legged tortoiseEnglish
  • سلحفاة البنية الآسيويةArabic
  • سلحفاة الغابات الآسيويةArabic
  • এশীয় শিলা কচ্ছপBangla
  • želva mohutnáCzech
  • Braune LandschildkröteGerman
  • Braune hinterindische LandschildkröteGerman
  • Braune WaldschildkröteGerman
  • Tortue bruneFrench
  • barna teknősHungarian
  • Baning CoklatIndonesian
  • エミスムツアシガメJapanese
  • Jabuti-gigante-asiáticoPortuguese
  • Коричневая черепахаRussian
  • เต่าหกThai
  • 亞洲棕龜Chinese

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Relatives of the Asian tortoise

Other species in the same genus Manouria.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the Asian tortoise?

An adult Asian tortoise weighs 26 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the Asian tortoise live?

The Asian tortoise has a recorded lifespan of 19.9 years.

Is the Asian tortoise an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the Asian tortoise as introduced in 1 country: Singapore, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the Asian tortoise?

The Asian tortoise (Manouria emys) belongs to the family Testudinidae in the order Testudines.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{asian_tortoise_2026,
  title = {Asian tortoise (Manouria emys)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-tortoise},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}