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Scientific Name : Melanochelys trijuga
Family : Geoemydidae
Order : Testudines
Class : Reptilia
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Indian Black Turtle
Habitat : Standing water with aquatic vegitation also river and other lotic habitat.
Description : Carapace elongated, rather deressed in juviniles. Head small. Skin of the posterior portion of the head is smooth. Carapace dark brown to blackish, plastron usually dark with a yellow margin that sometimes absent in aged individual.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Cyclemys gemeli
(Asian Leaf Turtle) -
Geoclemys hamiltonii
(Black Spotted Pond Turtle) -
Pangshura tecta
(Roofed Turtle) -
Batagur kachuga
(Bengal Roof Turtle) -
Melanochelys tricarinata
(Tricarinate Hill Turtle) -
Morenia petersi
(Bengal Eyed Turtle) -
Batagur dhongoka
(Painted Roofed Turtle) -
Indotestudo elongata
(Elongated Tortoise) -
Manouria emys
(Asian Giant Tortoise) -
Cuora amboinensis
(Malayan Box Turtle)
Species groups
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description written by: Durjoy Raha Antu,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka; information source:Khan 2018 (Photographic guide to the wildlife of Bangladesh). photo credit:Sandeep Gangadharan(www.inaturalist.org/people/Sandeep Gangadharan), photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.
description written by: Durjoy Raha Antu,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka; information source:Khan 2018 (Photographic guide to the wildlife of Bangladesh). photo credit:Sandeep Gangadharan(www.inaturalist.org/people/Sandeep Gangadharan), photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.