Kachuga tecta circumdata
(No common name)Taxonomy
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- 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
- Series: Amniota
- Class: Sauropsida
- Subclass: Anapsida
- Order: Testudines
- turtles
- Suborder: Cryptodira
- Superfamily: Testudinoidea
- Family: Emydidae
- pond turtles
- Subfamily: Batagurinae
- Genus: Kachuga
Gray, 1855 - indian roofed turtles
- Specific name: tecta
- Subspecies: circumdata
- Scientific name: Kachuga tecta circumdata Mertens, 1969
- Subspecies: circumdata
- Specific name: tecta
- Genus: Kachuga
Gray, 1855 - indian roofed turtles
- Subfamily: Batagurinae
- Family: Emydidae
- pond turtles
- Superfamily: Testudinoidea
- Suborder: Cryptodira
- Order: Testudines
- turtles
- Subclass: Anapsida
- Class: Sauropsida
- Series: Amniota
- 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
Physical Description
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Distribution
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Similar Species
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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
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- Das, I. (1996): Biogeography of the reptiles of South Asia., Krieger Publishing Company (Malabar, Florida)
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Notes
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Contributors:
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
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Last Revised: February 16, 2008