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Original
Description |
Schweigger 1812 : 310 |
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Type
Locality |
"insula Java" [Indonesia] (in error) |
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Holotype |
Possibly in MNHN |
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Original name |
Emys trijuga |
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Common
name |
Indian Black Turtle |
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Distribution |
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma; found in the Maldive Islands and on Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands, although possibly introduced according to Boulenger (1889) and Deraniyagala (1939) |
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Comments |
Testudo scabra Linnaeus (1758:198; holotype: ZMUU 129) may be an older name for this species (Boulenger, 1889:121), but its identification has not been confirmed (see Lönnberg 1896; Pritchard and Trebbau 1984:182). Reviewed by Smith (1931; as Geoemyda trijuga), Bourret (1941; as Geoemyda trijuga), Tikader and Sharma (1985), and Das (1991). |
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