- Tricarinate hill turtle
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Tricarinate hill turtle Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Geoemydidae Genus: Melanochelys Species: M. tricarinata Binomial name Melanochelys tricarinata Tricarinate hill turtle Melanochelys tricarinata is a species of turtle found in India (Assam), Bangladesh and Nepal. Type locality: "Central India (Chaibása)" (Chaibassa, Bihar State, eastern India).
References
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Melanochelys tricarinata. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable and the criteria used
- Blyth,E. 1856 Report on the collections presented by Capt. Berdmore and Mr. Theobald. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 24 [1855] (7): 713-720
- Busack, Stephen D. 1994 Melanochelys tricarinata (Tricarinate hill turtle). India: Uttar Pradesh Herpetological Review 25 (1): 32
Order Testudines (turtles) Suborder SuperfamilySubfamilyCryptodira Caretta · Chelonia · Eretmochelys · Lepidochelys · NatatorDermochelysDermatemydidaeDermatemysStaurotypinaeBatagur · Cuora · Cyclemys · Geoclemys · Geoemyda · Hardella · Heosemys · Leucocephalon · Malayemys · Mauremys · Melanochelys · Morenia · Notochelys · Orlitia · Pangshura · Rhinoclemmys · Sacalia · Siebenrockiella · VijayachelysAldabrachelys · Astrochelys · Chelonoidis · Chersina · Cylindraspis · Geochelone · Gopherus · Homopus · Indotestudo · Kinixys · Malacochersus · Manouria · Psammobates · Pyxis · Stigmochelys · TestudoTrionychiaCarettochelyidaeCarettochelysTrionychinaePleurodira ChelidinaeChelodininaeHydromedusinaePhylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2010 update: annotated checklist. Extinct turtles not included.
See also List of Testudines families
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