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Scientific Name: Pangshura smithii (Gray, 1863)
English Name: Brown Roofed Turtle, Chapant Terrapin, Smith’s Turtle, Brown River Turtle
Local/Bangla Name: Baro Kori Kaitta (বারো কড়ি কাইট্টা), Vaittal Kaitta (ভাইট্টাল কাইট্টা)
Photo: Paul Freed (iNatuaralist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Geoemydidae
Description:
The carapace, oval and depressed, may or may not have a vertebral keel. It is brownish-olive with a dark brown vertebral stripe. The plastron is truncated at the front and notched at the back. The snout projects beyond the lower jaw, and the upper jaw is serrated with a broad alveolar surface. The plastron is yellow, possibly with dark blotches on each scute. Males, smaller than females, have longer and thicker-based tails.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Pangshura smithii mainly inhabiting the low-lying floodplain, it has been recorded in Bangladesh from the Padma river in Rajshahi and Kushtia.
Environment:
Freshwater
Main References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Ahmed ZU, Begum, ZNT, Hassan MΑ, and Khondker M (2009) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 25. Amphibians and Reptiles. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 204 pp
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
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Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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