Kachuga kachuga
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Red-crowned Roofed Turtle Kachuga kachuga is a species of turtle. Distribution: C Nepal, NE India, Bangladesh, (primarily in the watershed of the Ganges River) probably NW Myanmar (= Burma)
Type locality: "India"; restricted by Smith 1931:131, to "N. India."
External links
- [EMBL reptile database]
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Kachuga_kachuga.jpg
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Kachuga_kachuga_female.jpg
References
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). [Kachuga kachuga]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is critically endangered and the criteria used
- Moll, E.O. 1986 Survey of the freshwater turtles of India. The genus Kachuga. [2 parts] J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83 (3): 538-552
- Gray, J. E. 1831 Illustrations of lndian Zoology: chiefly selected from the collection of Major General Hardwicke. Vol. 1, London (1830-1835)
- Gray, J. E. 1862 Notice of two new species of Batagur in the collection of the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1862:264-265.
- Gray, J. E. 1863 Notice of two new species of Batagur in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 12: 74-75
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