Batagur
Genus of turtles
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::summary Genus of turtles ::
| image = BatagurPasirKumpal.jpg | image_caption = (Batagur affinis) from a gazetted conservation site at Kuala Berang, Terengganu, Malaysia. | taxon = Batagur | authority = Gray, 1856 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = | synonyms = *Tetraonyx - Gray, 1830
- Tetronyx - Lesson, 1832
- Kachuga - Gray, 1856
- Batagurella - Gray 1869
- Dongoka - Gray, 1869
- Callagur - Gray, 1870
- Cantorella - Gray, 1870 | synonyms_ref =
Batagur is a genus of large turtles from South and Southeast Asia. All members of the genus are seriously threatened. With a 2007 merger with members from two other genera, this genus has six described species.
Species
- Batagur affinis – southern river terrapin
- Batagur baska – northern river terrapin
- Batagur borneoensis – painted terrapin (formerly in Callagur)
- Batagur dhongoka – three-striped roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)
- Batagur kachuga – red-crowned roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)
- Batagur trivittata – Burmese roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)
References
References
- (2021). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.)". Chelonian Research Monographs.
- Praschag, Peter; Hundsdörfer, Anna K.; and Fritz, Uwe (2007); [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00293.x/abstract ''Phylogeny and taxonomy of endangered South and South-east Asian freshwater turtles elucidated by mtDNA sequence variation (Testudines: Geoemydidae: ''Batagur, Callagur, Hardella, Kachuga, Pangshura)]; Zoologica Scripta, 36, 429–442
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