Kachuga kachuga

Taxobox | name = Red-crowned Roofed Turtle
status = CR
status_system = iucn2.3


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Geoemydidae
genus = "Kachuga"
species = "K. kachuga"
binomial = "Kachuga kachuga"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1831)
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Red-crowned Roofed Turtle "Kachuga kachuga" is a species of turtle found in South Asia.

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."

References

* 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

External links

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* 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