Indian tent turtle
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Indian tent turtle
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P. t. tentoria Chambal River, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Conservation status
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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CITES Appendix II (CITES)
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Reptilia
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Order:
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Testudines
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Suborder:
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Cryptodira
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Superfamily:
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Testudinoidea
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Family:
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Geoemydidae
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Genus:
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Pangshura
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Species:
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P. tentoria
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Binomial name
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Pangshura tentoria (Gray, 1834)
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Synonyms
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Pangshura tentoria tentoria
- Emys tentoria
Gray, 1834
- Batagur (Pangshura) tentoria
— Gray, 1856
- ? Emys namadicus
Theobald, 1860 (nomen nudum)
- Clemmys tentoria
— Strauch, 1862
- Pangshura tentoria
— Günther, 1864
- Pangshura tentori
Theobald, 1868 (ex errore)
- Pangshura tentorium
— Gray, 1869
- Emys (Pangshura) tectum var. intermedia
Blanford, 1870
- Cuchoa tentoria
— Gray, 1870
- Pangshura leithii
Gray, 1870
- ? Emys namadica
— Boulenger, 1889
- Kachuga intermedia
— Boulenger, 1889
- Kachuga tectum intermedia
— Annandale, 1912
- Kachuga tectum tentoria
— M.A. Smith, 1931
- Kachuga tecta tentoria
— Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934
- Kachuga tentoria tentoria
— Pritchard, 1979
- Pangshura tentoria tentoria
— Das, 2001
- Kachuga tentnria
Artner, 2003 (ex errore)
Pangshura tentoria circumdata
- Kachuga tecta circumdata
Mertens, 1969
- Kachuga tecta circumbata
Thelwall, 1971 (ex errore)
- Kachuga tentoria circumdata
— Pritchard, 1979
- Pangshura tentoria circumdata
— Das, 2001
Pangshura tentoria flaviventer
- Pangshura flaviventer
Günther, 1864
- Cuchoa flaviventris
Gray, 1870 (ex errore)
- Kachuga tecta flaviventer
— Mertens, 1969
- Kachuga tentoria flaviventer
— Moll, 1987
- Pangshura tentoria flaviventer
— Das, 2001
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The Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is found in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
Description
P. tentoria is a small species of turtle, growing to a maximum straight carapace length of 27 cm (11 in).
Subspecies
Three subspecies of P. tentoria are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pangshura.
Geographic range
P. tentoria is found in Peninsular India, Nepal, and Bangladesh at elevations below 80 m (260 ft) asl.
- P. t. tentoria – Mahanadi and Godavari river drainages in India (country endemic)
- P. t. circumdata – upper and central Ganges river drainage in India and southern Nepal
- P. t. flaviventer – lower Ganges drainage in Bangladesh, India, and southern Nepal
Type locality: "in Indiae Orientalis regione Dukhun dicta "; restricted by M.A. Smith 1931: 128, to "Dhond, Poona Dist.", India.
Habitat
P. tentoria is primarily a riverine turtle that occurs in both small and large rivers. They bask on rocks and tree snags. Females are largely herbivores while males and juveniles are more carnivorous.
Reproduction
P. tentoria is oviparous.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Choudhury, B.C.; Das, I.; Praschag, P. & Singh, S. (2021). "Pangshura tentoria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T46577A3008697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T46577A3008697.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 149–368. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. (Pangshura tentoria, pp. 240–241).
- ^ Das I (2002). Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Pangshura tentoria, p. 130).
- ^ a b c Pangshura tentoria at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Gray JE (1834). "Characters of several New Species of freshwater tortoises (Emys) from India and China". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 2: 53–55. (Emys tentoria, new species, p. 54). (in English and Latin).
- Günther ACLG. (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Pangshura tentoria, pp. 34–35 + Plate IV, figures C, C').
- Smith MA (1931). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. I.—Loricata, Testudines. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxviii + 185 pp. + Plates I-II. (Kachuga tectum tentoria, pp. 128–129).
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