| Batagur | |
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| (Batagur affinis) from a gazetted conservation site at Kuala Berang, Terengganu, Malaysia. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
| Genus: | Batagur Gray, 1856[1] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Batagur is a genus of large turtles from South and Southeast Asia. All members of the genus are seriously threatened. With a recent merger with members from two other genera,[2] this genus has six described species.[1]
Species
- Batagur affinis[1] – southern river terrapin
- Batagur baska[1] – northern river terrapin
- Batagur borneoensis[1] – painted terrapin (formerly in Callagur)
- Batagur dhongoka[1] – three-striped roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)
- Batagur kachuga[1] – red-crowned roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)
- Batagur trivittata[1] – Burmese roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Iverson, John B.; Bour, Roger; Fritz, Uwe; Georges, Arthur; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Dijk, Peter Paul (2021). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.)". Chelonian Research Monographs. 8: 1–472.
- ↑ Praschag, Peter; Hundsdörfer, Anna K.; and Fritz, Uwe (2007); 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
Family Geoemydidae | ||||
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| Genera |
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| †Banhxeochelys | ||||
| Batagur | ||||
| Cuora | ||||
| Cyclemys | ||||
| †Echmatemys |
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| Geoclemys | ||||
| Geoemyda | ||||
| Hardella | ||||
| Heosemys | ||||
| Leucocephalon | ||||
| Malayemys | ||||
| Mauremys | ||||
| Melanochelys | ||||
| Morenia | ||||
| Notochelys | ||||
| Orlitia | ||||
| Pangshura | ||||
| Rhinoclemmys | ||||
| Sacalia | ||||
| Siebenrockiella | ||||
| Vijayachelys | ||||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. | ||||
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