Kachuga smithii (Brown Roofed Turtle)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Brown Roofed Turtle, Brown-Roofed Turtle

Common Names in Russian:

Черепаха бурая речная, бурая кровельная

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - 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
        Class: Sauropsida ()
        Subclass: Anapsida ()
        Order: Testudines ()
        Suborder: Cryptodira ()
        Superfamily: Testudinoidea ()
        Family: Emydidae ()
        Subfamily: Batagurinae ()
        Genus: Kachuga () - Gray, 1855
        Specific name: smithii - GRAY 1863
        Scientific name: - Kachuga smithii GRAY 1863

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.

There are approximately 15 species in this genus:

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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Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Kachuga smithii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 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.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.