Nest deposition was observed from the 29th October 2008 to the 15 March 2009. Generally, female tortoises dug
out a hollow nest in the soil with their back legs, flattened the nest with their plastron and laid the eggs. Most (21/23; 91.3%) of the located nest sites were situated near a tree base and bamboo clump with a high moisture level. The other two nests (8.7%) were found on the ground away from such vegetation. The shape of the nests was flask shaped with a mean nest depth of 11 ± 1.66 cm (8.0-13.0, N = 9). The evidence of females laying more than one egg clutch
annually was only observed in one tortoise, who first laid a clutch of five eggs on the11th February, 2010, and then another clutch of two eggs was laid on the 15 th March,2010.