Assam roofed turtle

Assam roofed turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Pangshura
Species:
P. sylhetensis
Binomial name
Pangshura sylhetensis
Jerdon, 1870
Synonyms[3]
  • Pangshura sylhetensis Jerdon, 1870
  • Jerdonella sylhetensis Gray, 1870
  • Kachuga sylhetensis Boulenger, 1889

The Assam roofed turtle or Sylhet roofed turtle (Pangshura sylhetensis) is a turtle species of the family Geoemydidae found in the Brahmaputra-Meghna drainage in India (Assam) and parts of eastern Bangladesh. It was formerly placed in the genus Batagur and the defunct genus Kachuga.

  1. ^ Praschag, P.; Das, I.; Ahmed, M.F.; Singh, S. (2021). "Pangshura sylhetensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T10950A499618. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T10950A499618.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 239. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.