Indian black turtle

Indian black turtle
	Melanochelys trijuga
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (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:	Melanochelys
Species:	M. trijuga
Binomial name
	Melanochelys trijuga; (Schweigger, 1812)
Synonyms
	click to expand Emys trijuga Schweigger, 1812 ; Emys belangeri Lesson, 1834 ; Clemmys (Clemmys) trijuga Fitzinger, 1835 ; Melanochelys trijuga Gray, 1869 ; Emys trijuga var. madraspatana Anderson, 1879 ; Clemmys theobaldi Lydekker, 1885 ; Bellia theobaldi Lydekker, 1889 ; Nicoria trijuga Boulenger, 1889 ; Geoemyda [trijuga] trijuga Siebenrock, 1909 ; Geoemyda trijuga plumbea Annandale, 1915 ; Melanochelys trijuga Deraniyagala, 1939 ; Melanochelys trijuga trijuga Pritchard, 1979 ; Melanochelys triguja Highfield, 1996 (ex errore) ; Emys trijuga var. coronata Anderson, 1879 ; Nicoria trijuga var. coronata Bruner, 1908 ; Geoemyda trijuga coronata Siebenrock, 1909 ; Melanochelys trijuga coronata Pritchard, 1979 ; Melanochelys edeniana Theobald, 1876 ; Emys trijuga var. burmana Anderson, 1879 ; Nicoria trijuga var. edeniana Boulenger, 1889 ; Geoemyda trijuga edeniana Siebenrock, 1909 ; Melanochelys trijuga edeniana Deraniyagala, 1939 ; Emys trijuga edeniana Bourret, 1941 ; Geoemyda trijuga wiroti Reimann, 1979 ; Melanochelys trijuga wiroti Stubbs, 1989 ; Melanochelys edeniana edeniana Bour, 2002 ; Melanochelys edeniana wiroti Bour, 2002 ; Geoemyda indopeninsularis Annandale, 1913 ; Geoemyda trijuga indopeninsularis Smith, 1931 ; Melanochelys trijuga indopeninsularis Deraniyagala, 1939 ; Melanochelys edeniana indopeninsularis Bour, 2002 ; Melanochelys trijuga parkeri Deraniyagala, 1939 ; Geoemyda trijuga parkeri Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 ; Emys thermalis Lesson, 1830 ; Emys sebae Gray, 1831 ; Emys seba Gray, 1844 (ex errore) ; Geoclemys seba Gray, 1856 ; Clemmys thermalis Strauch, 1862 ; Melanochelys sebae Gray, 1870 ; Emys trijuga var. sebae Anderson, 1879 ; Nicoria trijuga var. thermalis Boulenger, 1889 ; Geoemyda trijuga thermalis Siebenrock, 1909 ; Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Deraniyagala, 1939 ;

The Indian black turtle (Melanochelys trijuga) or Indian pond terrapin is a species of medium-sized freshwater turtle found in South Asia.

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