Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

Indian tent turtle

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Pangshura

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
species

Family
  
Geoemydidae

Scientific name
  
Pangshura tentoria

Higher classification
  
Pangshura

Order
  
turtle

An Indian tent turtle with red coloration on its shell being held.

Similar
  
Pangshura, Turtle, Indian roofed turtle, Three‑striped roofed turtle, Brahminy river turtle

Thug life rocky indian tent turtle roof turtle


The Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria) is a species of the Geoemydidae family of turtles found in India and Bangladesh.

Contents

An Indian tent turtle inside a light blue container rearing up its long neck to breathe.

Circled indian tent turtle juvenile lonavala maharashtra


Distribution

Peninsular India, Bangladesh

An Indian tent turtle with light green shell and orange markings on its shell.

tentoria: Mahanadi, Godavari and Krishna river drainages in Indiacircumdata: upper and central Ganges river drainage in Indiaflaviventer: lower Ganges drainage in Bangladesh and India

Type locality: "in Indiae Orientalis regione Dukhun [=Deccan] dicta"; restricted by Smith 1931:128, to "Dhond, Poona Dist.," India.

An Indian tent turtle with light green shell and orange markings on its shell rearing up its neck while being held.

The plastron (lower part of shell) of an Indian tent turtle.

An Indian tent turtle with dark brown shell and orange markings on its shell rearing up its neck.

A young Indian tent turtle being held.

References

Indian tent turtle Wikipedia
(Text) CC BY-SA


Similar Topics