EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Geoclemys hamiltonii
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Geoclemys (Spotted Pond Turtles)
species..............Geoclemys hamiltonii (Spotted Pond Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1831b : 21
- Holotype
- BMNH 1947.3.4.41 (presumably the specimen illustrated by Gray 1831 "1830-35": plate 76 [as EMYS GUTTATA], according to Smith 1931:111); although OUM 8477 is apparently labelled as a syntype.
- Type Locality
- "India"
- Original name
- Emys hamiltonii
- Common Name
- Spotted Pond Turtle
- Distribution
- Indus and Ganges river basins of Pakistan, northern India, (probably) Nepal, and Bangladesh
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith (1931), Tikader and Sharma (1985), and Das (1991).
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