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Three-striped roofed turtle

The three-striped roofed turtle is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to South Asia.

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Three-striped roofed turtle
Live hatchling Batagur dhongoka
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CITES Appendix II3
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Batagur
Species:
B. dhongoka
Binomial name
Batagur dhongoka
(Gray, 1832)12
Synonyms4
  • Emys dhongoka
    Gray, 1832
  • Emys duvaucelii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Emys duvaucellii [sic]
    Gray, 1844 (ex errore)
  • Batagur (Kachuga) dhongoka
    — Gray, 1856
  • Clemmys dhongoka
    Strauch, 1862
  • Kachuga hardwickii
    Gray, 1869
  • Dhongoka hardwickii
    — Gray, 1870
  • Batagur dhougoka [sic]
    Gray, 1873 (ex errore)
  • Dhougoka hardwickii
    — Gray, 1873
  • Emys duvancellii [sic]
    Gray, 1873 (ex errore)
  • Batagur durandi
    Lydekker, 1885
  • Kachuga dhongoka
    Boulenger, 1889
  • Batagur duvaucelii
    Anderson, 1879
  • Emys duvauceli [sic]
    M.A. Smith, 1931 (ex errore)
  • Kachuga dhongoca [sic]
    Tikader & Sharma, 1985
    (ex errore)
  • Kachuga drongoka [sic]
    Moll, 1986 (ex errore)

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.12

References

References

  1. Rhodin 2011, p. 000.187
  2. Batagur dhongoka from the IUCN Red list
  3. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. Fritz 2007, p. 225
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Further reading

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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