Indian black turtle

Indian black turtle
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Melanochelys
Species: M. trijuga
Binomial name
Melanochelys trijuga
(Schweigger, 1812)

Indian black turtle(Melanochelys trijuga) or Indian pond terrapin is a species of turtle found in South Asia.

Distribution

N Bangladesh, C Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Chagos Islands and Nepal. May have been introduced to the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.

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