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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Melanochelys (Indian Black Turtles)
species
species list
M. tricarinata (Tricarinate Hill Turtle)
M. trijuga (Indian Black Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1869a : 187
- Common Name
- Indian Black Turtles
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, and Sri Lanka
- Comments
- Tribe Geoemydini.
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