The assam roofed turtle also known as sylhet roofed turtle is a species of the turtle family geoemydidae found in the brahmaputra meghna drainage in india and parts of eastern bangladesh.
Scientific name of assam roofed turtle.
Assam roofed turtle pangshura sylhetensis cantor s giant softshell turtle pelochelys cantorii travancore hills thorntail snake platyplectrurus madurensis.
It was formerly placed in the genus batagur and defunct genus kachuga.
This species is also known by the following name s.
Taxonomy is the science of grouping naming things in a logical way a taxa is the name of a classification group we generally use the linnaean system developed by carl linnaeus in 1735 bi nomal system for naming animals the first name is the genus the animal is in and the second represents the species.
They are latin words or words from other languages written using latin conventions.
It was formerly placed in the genus batagur and defunct genus kachuga.
Kachuga tecta tecta mertens müller rust 1934.
Roofed turtle is very rare in the region with only a single t able 4.
Assam roofed turtle is an indian reptile that bears a scientific name pangshura sylhetensis and belongs to the family of geoemydidae.
Family genus scientific name.
It is found in the major rivers of south asia.
Concentration of assam roofed turtle assam roofed turtle is a species of the geoemydidae family of turtles found in the brahmaputra river meghna river drainage in indian state assam and parts of eastern bangladesh.
S t atus of reptiles as per iucn 2002 common name scientific name st atus in ne i ndia remarks.
The assam roofed turtle pangshura sylhetensis is a species of concern belonging in the species group reptiles and found in the following area s.
The assam roofed turtle pangshura sylhetensis also known as sylhet roofed turtle is a species of the turtle family geoemydidae found in the brahmaputra meghna drainage in india and parts of eastern bangladesh.
It is a common pet in the indian subcontinent.
The indian roofed turtle pangshura tecta is a species of turtle in the family geoemydidae.