EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Kachuga smithii
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Kachuga (Indian Roofed Turtles)
species..............Kachuga smithii (Brown Roofed Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1863e : 253
- Syntypes
- (2 specimens) BMNH 1947.3.4.69; BMNH 1947.3.4.70
- Type Locality
- "North-western India: Punjab; 'River Chenab...' "
- Original name
- Batagur smithii
- Common Name
- Brown Roofed Turtle
- Distribution
- Indus and Ganges-Brahmaputra river systems in Pakistan, northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh
- Comments
- Subgenus Pangshura. Reviewed by Smith (1931), Tikader and Sharma (1985), Moll (1987), and Das (1991).
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