Brown roofed turtle

Brown roofed turtle

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Pangshura
Species:
P. smithii
Binomial name
Pangshura smithii
(Gray, 1863)
Synonyms
Pangshura smithii smithii
  • Batagur smithii
    Gray, 1863
  • Pangshura smithii
    Günther, 1864
  • Clemmys smithii
    Strauch, 1865
  • Pangshura smith [sic]
    Theobald, 1868 (ex errore)
  • Emia smithii
    — Gray, 1870
  • Kachuga smithii
    Boulenger, 1889
  • Kachuga smithi [sic]
    M.A. Smith, 1931 (ex errore)
  • Kachuga amithii [sic]
    Rudloff, 1974 (ex errore)
  • Kachuga smithi smithi
    Moll, 1987
  • Kachuga smithii smithii
    — Moll, 1987
  • Pangshura smithii smithii
    Das, 2001
  • Pngshura [sic] smithii
    — Das, 2001
  • Pangshura smithi
    — Gurley, 2003
  • Pangshura smithi smithi
    Joseph-Ouni, 2004
Pangshura smithii pallidipes
  • Kachuga smithii pallidipes
    Moll, 1987
  • Kachuga smithi pallidipes
    van Dijk, 2000
  • Pangshura smithii pallidipes
    — Das, 2001
  • Pangshura smithi pallidipes
    — Joseph-Ouni, 2004

The brown roofed turtle (Pangshura smithii) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to South Asia. Two subspecies are recognized.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.