Three-striped roofed turtle
Appearance
Three-striped roofed turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Genus: | Batagur |
Species: | B. dhongoka
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Binomial name | |
Batagur dhongoka | |
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The three-striped roofed turtle (Batagur dhongoka) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to South Asia.
Geographic range
The three-striped roofed turtle is found in Bangladesh, India (Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), and possibly in Nepal.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c Rhodin 2011, p. 000.187
- ^ a b c Batagur dhongoka from the IUCN Red list
- ^ Fritz 2007, p. 225
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (31 December 2011). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2012.
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Further reading
- Gray JE (1835). Illustrations of Indian Zoology, Chiefly Selected from the Collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. II. London (1833–1834): Adolphus Richter and Co. / Parbury, Allen and Co. 263 pp., 95 plates. (Emys dhongoka, new species, plate 60).
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