Indian tent turtle
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The Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is found in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
Description
P. tentoria is a small species of turtle, growing to a maximum straight carapace length of Template:Convert.[1][2]
Subspecies
Three subspecies of P. tentoria are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
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Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pangshura.
Geographic range
P. tentoria is found in Peninsular India, Nepal, and Bangladesh at elevations below Template:Convert asl.[1]
- P. t. tentoria – Mahanadi and Godavari river drainages in India (country endemic)
- P. t. circumdata – upper and central Ganges river drainage in India and southern Nepal
- P. t. flaviventer – lower Ganges drainage in Bangladesh, India, and southern Nepal
Type locality: "in Indiae Orientalis regione Dukhun [=Deccan] dicta "; restricted by M.A. Smith 1931: 128, to "Dhond, Poona Dist.", India.[3]
Habitat
P. tentoria is primarily a riverine turtle that occurs in both small and large rivers. They bask on rocks and tree snags. Females are largely herbivores while males and juveniles are more carnivorous.[1]
Reproduction
P. tentoria is oviparous.[1][3]
References
Further reading
- Gray JE (1834). "Characters of several New Species of freshwater tortoises (Emys) from India and China". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 2: 53–55. (Emys tentoria, new species, p. 54). (in English and Latin).
- Günther ACLG. (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Pangshura tentoria, pp. 34–35 + Plate IV, figures C, C').
- Smith MA (1931). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. I.—Loricata, Testudines. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxviii + 185 pp. + Plates I-II. (Kachuga tectum tentoria, pp. 128–129).
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