- Morenia petersi
Taxobox | name = Indian Eyed Turtle
status = VU| status_system = iucn2.3
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Testudines
familia =Geoemydidae
genus = "Morenia "
species = "M. petersi"
binomial = "Morenia petersi"
binomial_authority = (Anderson, 1879)
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range_map_caption =Indian Eyed Turtle "Morenia petersi" is a species of turtle found in northeastern
India (as far west as Bihar) andBangladesh . Named after Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German herpetologist.Description
Very closely allied to "
Morenia ocellata ". Snout much more pointed and relatively longer. Suture between the pectorals not shorter than that between the abdominals. Carapace black, each vertebral with a narrow yellowish mesial line; the last four vertebrals with a yellowish linear horseshoe mark with the ends directed forwards; each costal with an ocellus placed rather low and formed by a narrow yellowish line, above which are some irregular looped lines of similar colour; the nuchal and each marginal with a vertical narrow yellowish mesial streak; plastron yellow. Three yellow streaks on each side of the head, the lower extending from below the nostril to the angle of the mouth. [Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.] Length of shell: male 5 inches, female 8 inches.Type locality: Huzurapur (Jessore District), Furreedpore and Dacca, Bangladesh.Notes
References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
* Anderson, JOHN 1879 Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1866 and 1875; and a Monograph of the Two Cetacean Genera Platanista and Orcella. Bernard Quaritch, London "1878". Two volumes (Text: 985 pages [herpetology: pages 703-860, 969-975] ; Atlas: 85 plates [herpetological plates 55-78, 75A, 75B] ).External links
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