EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Kachuga sylhetensis
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Kachuga (Indian Roofed Turtles)
species..............Kachuga sylhetensis (Assam Roofed Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Jerdon 1870 : 69
- Syntypes
- (3 specimens) BMNH 1947.3.4.22; BMNH 1947.3.4.62; BMNH 1947.3.4.63
- Type Locality
- "from the stream that runs from the Terria Ghat at the foot of the Khasi hills" [Sylhet district, Bangladesh]; listed as "Sylhet River, Khasi Hills, Assam" by Wermuth and Mertens (1961:119 and 1977:42)
- Original name
- Pangshura sylhetensis
- Common Name
- Assam Roofed Turtle
- Distribution
- Assam, India
- Comments
- Subgenus Pangshura. Reviewed by Smith (1931), Tikader and Sharma (1985), Moll (1987), and Das (1991).
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