Scientific name: Geochelone elegans

Location: India and Sri Lanka

Size: Length: up to are 25 centimetres, weight  up to 7 kilograms,

Life Span: up to 80 years

Status:  at risk

Habitat: dry arears and scrub forests

Fast facts:
---If turned upside down most are able to right themselves
---Diet: fruit, flowers and grasses
---It is named after the star pattern on its shell