Kachuga tecta
(Indian Roofed Turtle)Conservation Status
Threats:
Collected for food.
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: tecta GRAY 1831
- Scientific name: Kachuga tecta GRAY 1831
- Specific name: tecta GRAY 1831
- 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 trigibbosa LESSON 1831
- Kachuga tecta tecta (GRAY 1831)
- Pangshura flaviventer GÜNTHER 1864
- Pangshura ventricosa GRAY 1870
Notes:
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Physical Description
Size/Age/Growth:
Adult size to 9 inches.
Images:
Distribution
Range and Population
Found in Pakistan, India (Ganges , Brahmaputra and Indus River drainages), Bangladesh and Nepal.
Bangladesh, Pakistan
Similar Species
Members of the genus Kachuga:
There are approximately 16 species and subspecies 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)
Members of the genus Exostema:
There are approximately 60 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: E. purpureum avenium · E. purpureum purpureum · E. spinosum spinosum · E. spinosum tortuense · E. valenzuelae maestrense · E. valenzuelae wrightii · E. acuminatum · E. angustifolia · E. angustifolium · E. bicolor · E. brachycarpum · E. canescens · E. caribaeum (Caribbean Princewood) · E. caribeum · E. cordatum · E. coriaceum · E. corymbosum · E. curbeloi · E. elegans · E. elipticum · E. ellipticum (Plateado) · E. glaberrimum · E. ixoroides · E. lancifolium · E. lineatum · E. longiflorum · E. longiflorus · E. lucidum · E. maynense · E. maynenses · E. maynensis · E. mexicanum · E. microcarpum · E. monticola · E. myrtifolium · E. myrtifolium var. myrtifolium · E. myrtoides · E. nitens · E. orbiculatum · E. parviflorum · E. pervestitum · E. polyphyllum · E. precaribaeum · E. pulverulentum · E. purpureum · E. revolutum · E. rupicola · E. salicifolium · E. sanctae-luciae (Jamaicanbark) · E. scabrum · E. selleanum · E. spinosum · E. stenophyllum · E. subcordatum · E. triflorum · E. valenzuelae · E. valenzuelae var. parviflorum · E. velutina · E. velutinum · E. veraensis
Bibliography
- Bernini, F. (1984a): Notulae oribatologicae
- II. Some new galumnid mites (Acarida, Oribatida) from North Africa exhibiting sexual dimorphism with some observations on racemiform organs - Animalia 11(03. Jan), pp. 103-126
- 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 tecta. 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 October 3, 2006.
- Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY USA
- EMBL Reptile Database 2005.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources:
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Yale University Peabody Museum: Yale Peabody Museum - Invertebrate Paleontology DiGIR provider service
Identifiers:
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 202101
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 256599
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152064
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