| Asian forest tortoise
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| Manouria emys from Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Reptilia
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| Order:
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Testudines
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| Suborder:
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Cryptodira
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| Family:
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Testudinidae
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| Genus:
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Manouria
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| Species:
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M. emys
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| Binomial name
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Manouria emys
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| Synonyms
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Testudo emys emys
- Testudo emys
Schlegel & S. Müller, 1840
- Testudo emydoides
A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
- Manouria fusca
Gray, 1854
- Teleopus luxatus
LeConte, 1854
- Manouria emydoides
— Strauch, 1862
- Manouria emys
— Strauch, 1862
- Manouria luxata
— Strauch, 1862
- Testudo (Scapia) falconeri
Gray, 1869
- Scapia falconeri
— Gray, 1870
- Manuria emys
— Lydekker, 1889
- Geochelone emys
— Loveridge & E. Williams, 1957
- Manouria emys emys
— Obst, 1983
- Geochelone emys emys
— Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
- Testudo emys emys
— Paull, 1999
Testudo emys phayrei
- Testudo phayrei
Blyth, 1853
- Testudo (Scapia) falconeri
— Gray, 1869
- Scapia falconeri
— Gray, 1870
- Scapia phayrei
— Gray, 1871
- Testudo nutapundi
Reimann, 1979
- Geochelone nutapundi
— Groombridge, 1982
- Manouria emys nutapundi
— Obst, 1983
- Manouria emys phayrei
— Bour, 1984
- Geochelone (Manouria) emys phayeri
Alderton, 1988 (ex errore)
- Geochelone emys nutapundi
— Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
- Manouria nutapundi
— Obst, 1996
- Manouria emys phayeri
— Paull, 1997
- Manouria emys phayre
Das, 2001 (ex errore)
- Manouria emys phareyi
Ferri, 2002 (ex errore)
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The Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. It is believed to be among the most primitive of living tortoises, based on molecular and morphological studies.