The owner of Reptilia recently sold an Indian star tortoise for $500.
Earlier, the park had only one star tortoise, which was seized by the police.
The hillocks of the village are known to have an endangered species of tortoise such as star tortoise and pangolin.
Note that Indian star tortoises and some other species display this morphology naturally.
Amphibians such as Indian star tortoise also feature in the zoo.
The star attractions of the Guindy National park are the Blackbuck antelope and the Indian star tortoise.
This tortoise can easily be distinguished from the more common Indian star tortoise by comparing the plastrons of the two species.
The Indian star tortoise can grow 10 inches long.
The sexual dimorphism of adult Indian star tortoises is quite apparent.
Yadanabon Zoo also participate in the breeding program of the highly threatened Burmese star tortoise (G. platynota).
