The Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) is a large forest tortoise growing up to in length. The species was first described by George Albert Boulenger in 1907. It primarily feeds on grasses and herbs. It also feeds on molluscs, insects, animal carcass, fungi and fruits. It occurs in hill forests at 450âÂÂ850 m elevation. Males combat by ramming their shell during their breeding season between November and March. It makes a shallow nest in the ground and lay 1 to 5 eggs. Hatchlings are 55âÂÂ60 mm in size. The tortoise is hunted and it is threatened due to forest fires, habitat destruction and fragmentation.