Kachuga dhongoka
(Three-Striped Roof Turtle, Three-Striped Roofed Turtle)Overview:
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Conservation Status
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History:
- 1996-Data Deficient (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
Justification
Considered Endangered in India due to disapperance from much of former range, though a number of stable subpopulations are known. Considered Critically Endangered in Bangladesh.
Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Sauropsida
- Subclass: Anapsida
- Order: Testudines
- Turtles
- Suborder: Cryptodira
- Series: Amniota
- Superfamily: Testudinoidea
- Family: Emydidae
- Pond Turtles
- Subfamily: Batagurinae
- Genus: Kachuga
Gray, 1855 - Indian Roofed Turtles
- Specific name: dhongoka GRAY 1834
- Scientific name: Kachuga dhongoka GRAY 1834
- Specific name: dhongoka GRAY 1834
- Genus: Kachuga
Gray, 1855 - Indian Roofed Turtles
- Subfamily: Batagurinae
- Family: Emydidae
- Pond Turtles
- Superfamily: Testudinoidea
- Series: Amniota
- Suborder: Cryptodira
- Order: Testudines
- Turtles
- Subclass: Anapsida
- Class: Sauropsida
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Unambiguous Synonyms:
- Emys dhongoka GRAY 1834
- Emys duvaucelii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835: 334
- Kachuga hardwickii GRAY 1869
Notes:
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Physical Description
Distribution
Range and Population
Bangladesh, Nepal
Habitat
Biome
Terrestrial; Freshwater
Ecology
Semi-aquatic
Similar Species
Members of the genus Kachuga:
There are approximately 16 species in this genus.: K. conjuncta · K. dhongoka (Three-Striped Roof Turtle) · K. K. (Bengal Roof Turtle) · K. smithi · K. smithii (Brown Roofed Turtle) · K. smithii pallidipes · K. smithii smithii · K. sylhetensis (Assam Roofed Turtle) · K. tecta (Indian Roofed Turtle) · K. tecta circumdata · K. tecta tentorid · K. tentoria (Indian Tent Turtle) · K. tentoria circumdata · K. tentoria flaviventer · K. tentoria tentoria · K. trivittata (Burmese Roofed Turtle)
Bibliography
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group and Asian Turtle Trade Working Group. 2000. Changes to 1996 IUCN Red List Status of Asian Turtle Species. In: P.P. van Dijk, B.L. Stuart and A.G.J. Rhodin (eds). Asian Turtle Trade: Proceedings of a Workshop on Conservation and Trade of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in Asia, pp.156-164. Chelonian Research Monographs 2. Chelonian Research Foundation, Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA.
- Iverson, J. B. 1992. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Privately Printed. Richmond, Indiana. ISBN: 0-9617431-0-5.
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Notes
Contributors:
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Kachuga dhongoka. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
- EMBL Reptile Database 2005.
Identifiers:
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System Serial Number: 551790
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 326529
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6141
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