Three-striped roofed turtle

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Three-striped roofed turtle
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Batagur
Species: B. dhongoka
Binomial name
Batagur dhongoka
(Gray, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Emys dhongoka
    Gray, 1832
  • Emys duvaucelii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Emys duvaucellii
    Gray, 1844 (ex errore)
  • Batagur (Kachuga) dhongoka
    — Gray, 1856
  • Clemmys dhongoka
    Strauch, 1862
  • Kachuga hardwickii
    Gray, 1869
  • Dhongoka hardwickii
    — Gray, 1870
  • Batagur dhougoka
    Gray, 1873 (ex errore)
  • Dhougoka hardwickii
    — Gray, 1873
  • Emys duvancellii
    Gray, 1873 (ex errore)
  • Batagur durandi
    Lydekker, 1885
  • Kachuga dhongoka
    Boulenger, 1889
  • Batagur duvaucelii
    Anderson, 1879
  • Emys duvauceli
    M.A. Smith, 1931 (ex errore)
  • Kachuga dhongoca
    Tikader & Sharma, 1985
    (ex errore)
  • Kachuga drongoka
    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.

References

  1. ^ a b c Rhodin 2011, p. 000.187
  2. ^ a b c 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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