- Melanochelys tricarinata
Taxobox | name = Tricarinate Hill Turtle
status = VU| status_system = iucn2.3
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Testudines
familia =Geoemydidae
genus = "Melanochelys "
species = "M. tricarinata"
binomial = "Melanochelys tricarinata"
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range_map_caption =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
* 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
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