The occurrence of elongated tortoise (I. elongata) was recorded for the first time from Cox's Bazar South Forest Division as well as in Cox's Bazar District. Earlier, no other author mentioned the presence of this species from this Forest Division (Kabir et al., 2009; Khan, 2008), although Ahsan (1994) reported it from the Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary of Chittagong Forest Division when Khan (1982b) reported it from the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Das (1990) reported this species at Bhanugachi Reserved Forest in north-east Bangladesh.