Tricarinate_hill_turtle

Tricarinate hill turtle

Tricarinate hill turtle

Species of turtle

The tricarinate hill turtle or three-keeled land turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata) is a species of turtle found in northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Horne, B.D.; Praschag, P.; Choudhury, B.C.; Singh, S. (2020). "Melanochelys tricarinata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13038A511526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T13038A511526.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. [3]
    Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 234–235. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  4. [4]
    Melanochelys tricarinata, The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Blyth E (1856). "Report on the collections presented by Capt. Berdmore and Mr. Theobald". J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 24 (7): 713–720. (Geomyda tricarinata, new species, p. 714).
  • Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Nicoria tricarinata, p. 28).
  • Busack, Stephen D. (1994). "Melanochelys tricarinata (Tricarinate hill turtle). India: Uttar Pradesh". Herpetological Review 25 (1): 32.
  • Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Melanochelys tricarinata, p. 127).
  • 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. (Geoemyda tricarinata, pp. 95–96 + Plate II, figure 1).
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