Pangshura_tentoria

Indian tent turtle

Indian tent turtle

Species of turtle

The Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is found in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

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Description

P. tentoria is a small species of turtle, growing to a maximum straight carapace length of 27 cm (11 in).[1][4]

Subspecies

Three subspecies of P. tentoria are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[5]

  • Pangshura tentoria tentoria (Gray, 1834)
  • Pangshura tentoria circumdata (Mertens, 1969)
  • Pangshura tentoria flaviventer (Günther, 1864)

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 80 m (260 ft) 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.[5]

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][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Choudhury, B.C.; Das, I.; Praschag, P. & Singh, S. (2021). "Pangshura tentoria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T46577A3008697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T46577A3008697.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 149–368. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. (Pangshura tentoria, pp. 240–241).
  4. [4]
    Das I [fr] (2002). Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Pangshura tentoria, p. 130).
  5. [5]
    Pangshura tentoria at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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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