| Batagur | |
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| (Batagur affinis) from a gazetted conservation site at Kuala Berang, Terengganu, Malaysia. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
| Genus: | Batagur Gray, 18561 |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Batagur is a genus of large turtles from South and Southeast Asia. All members of the genus are seriously threatened. With a 2007 merger with members from two other genera,2 this genus has six described species.1
Species
- Batagur affinis1 – southern river terrapin
- Batagur baska1 – northern river terrapin
- Batagur borneoensis1 – painted terrapin (formerly in Callagur)
- Batagur dhongoka1 – three-striped roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)
- Batagur kachuga1 – red-crowned roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)
- Batagur trivittata1 – Burmese roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)
References
References
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Iverson, John B.; Bour, Roger; Fritz, Uwe; Georges, Arthur; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Dijk, Peter Paul (2021). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.)". Chelonian Research Monographs. 8: 1–472.
- Praschag, Peter; Hundsdörfer, Anna K.; and Fritz, Uwe (2007); Phylogeny and taxonomy of endangered South and South-east Asian freshwater turtles elucidated by mtDNA sequence variation (Testudines: Geoemydidae: Batagur, Callagur, Hardella, Kachuga, Pangshura); Zoologica Scripta, 36, 429–442