So far, the literature contains only little information on the feeding ecology of the Elongated Tortoise
Indotestudo elongata (Blyth, 1853).
The species is known to be omnivorous, feeding on miscellaneous plants such as herbaceous leaves, flowers, fruits and
fungi, as well as on animal proteins in the form of slugs, worms and insects.
Das (2010) described the species as primarily herbivorous, with a diet comprising leaves, flowers, and fruits, but also fungi, dead animal matters and slugs.
So far only Plattet al. (2001) conducted a more detailed investigation on the feeding ecology of I. elongata in the wild viz. in Myanmar: one scat predominantly contained remains of grass and traces of leaves and mushrooms, the second scat contained exclusively mushrooms.
Furthermore, the authors reported on observations of local hunters, according to whom the tortoises also fed on fallen flowers (Dolichandrone spathacea, Milletia brandisiana,Markhamia stipulata), fruits of Olax scandens, flowers and foliage of Allium spp., and at the beginning of the wet season also on grass sprouts. Probably as a natural source of calcium, I. elongata was observed to consume egg shells of the Red Jungle fowl Gallus gallus (Plattet al. 2001).