Kachuga tentoria
(Indian Tent Turtle)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
- 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: tentoria GRAY 1834
- Scientific name: Kachuga tentoria GRAY 1834
- Specific name: tentoria 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 tectum var. intermedia BLANFORD 1870
- Emys tentoria GRAY 1834
- Kachuga intermedia BOULENGER 1889
- Kachuga tectum tentoria SMITH 1931
- Pangshura leithii GRAY 1870
- Pangshura tentoria SPINKS et al. 2004
Notes:
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Physical Description
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Distribution
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Range and Population
Southern Asia
Bangladesh
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)
- 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
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Contributors:
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Kachuga tentoria. 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.
Identifiers:
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System Serial Number: 551794
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 326533
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 130173
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Last Revised: February 28, 2008