Kachuga dhongoka

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Three-striped Roofed Turtle
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Kachuga
Species: K. dhongoka
Binomial name
Kachuga dhongoka
(Gray, 1834)

Three-striped Roofed Turtle Kachuga dhongoka is a species of turtle. Distribution: Nepal, Bangladesh, NE India (Ganges and Brahmaputra drainages) Type locality: Unstated; restricted by Smith 1931:130, to "N. India."



[edit] References

  • Gray. J. E. 1835 Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major - General Hardwicke. Vol. 2. London (1833-1834): 263 pp., 95 plates