Melanochelys trijuga

Taxobox | name = Indian Pond Terrapin
status = LR/nt
status_system = IUCN2.3


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Geoemydidae
genus = "Melanochelys"
species = "M. trijuga"
binomial = "Melanochelys trijuga"
binomial_authority = (Schweigger, 1812)
synonyms =
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Indian Black Turtle or Indian Pond Terrapin "Melanochelys trijuga" is a species of turtle found in South Asia.

Distribution

N Bangladesh, C Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Chagos Islands and Nepal.May have been introduced to the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.

Races:
*"trijuga": India
*"coronata": India
*"indopeninsularis": Bangladesh, India, Nepal
*"parkeri": Sri Lanka
*"thermalis": India, Maldives, Sri Lanka

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is near threatened
* Mitchell, Joseph C.;Rhodin, Anders G. J. 1996 Observations on the natural history and exploitation of the turtles of Nepal, with life history notes on Melanochelys trijuga. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2 (1): 66-72
* Schweigger, A.F. 1812 Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum auctore Schweigger. Königsberg. Arch. Naturwiss. Mathem., 1: 271-368, 406-458.

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