Batagur
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]
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| (Batagur affinis) from a gazetted conservation site at Kuala Berang, Terengganu, Malaysia. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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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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
- Rhodin, Anders G. J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley & Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). Turtles of the World, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. Vol. 5. pp. 000.187–000.188. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v4.2011. ISBN 978-0965354097. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
- 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 |
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| 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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