Biology:Three-striped roofed turtle

Short description: Species of turtle

Three-striped roofed turtle
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific 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 [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.

References

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". Chelonian Research Monographs 5. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131102839/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf. 
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2). Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110501060224/http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf. 

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).

External links

• Batagur dhongoka at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Wikidata ☰ Q306321 entry