Indian tent turtle
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Short description|Species of turtle}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria tentoria).jpg
| image_caption = P. t. tentoria
Chambal River, Uttar Pradesh, India
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status2 = CITES_A2
| status2_system = CITES
| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=14 January 2022|website=cites.org}}
| genus = Pangshura
| species = tentoria
| authority = (Gray, 1834)
| synonyms =
- Emys tentoria
{{small|Gray, 1834}} - Batagur (Pangshura) tentoria
{{small|— Gray, 1856}} - ? Emys namadicus
{{small|Theobald, 1860}} (nomen nudum) - Clemmys tentoria
{{small|— Strauch, 1862}} - Pangshura tentoria
{{small|— Günther, 1864}} - Pangshura tentori [sic]
{{small|Theobald, 1868}} (ex errore) - Pangshura tentorium
{{small|— Gray, 1869}} - Emys (Pangshura) tectum var. intermedia
{{small|Blanford, 1870}} - Cuchoa tentoria
{{small|— Gray, 1870}} - Pangshura leithii
{{small|Gray, 1870}} - ? Emys namadica
{{small|— Boulenger, 1889}} - Kachuga intermedia
{{small|— Boulenger, 1889}} - Kachuga tectum intermedia
{{small|— Annandale, 1912}} - Kachuga tectum tentoria
{{small|— M.A. Smith, 1931}} - Kachuga tecta tentoria
{{small|— Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934}} - Kachuga tentoria tentoria
{{small|— Pritchard, 1979}} - Pangshura tentoria tentoria
{{small|— Das, 2001}} - Kachuga tentnria [sic]
{{small|Artner, 2003}} (ex errore)
;Pangshura tentoria circumdata
- Kachuga tecta circumdata
{{small|Mertens, 1969}} - Kachuga tecta circumbata [sic]
{{small|Thelwall, 1971}} (ex errore) - Kachuga tentoria circumdata
{{small|— Pritchard, 1979}} - Pangshura tentoria circumdata
{{small|— Das, 2001}}
;Pangshura tentoria flaviventer
- Pangshura flaviventer
{{small|Günther, 1864}} - Cuchoa flaviventris [sic]
{{small|Gray, 1870}} (ex errore) - Kachuga tecta flaviventer
{{small|— Mertens, 1969}} - Kachuga tentoria flaviventer
{{small|— Moll, 1987}} - Pangshura tentoria flaviventer
{{small|— Das, 2001}}
| synonyms_ref={{Cite journal|journal=Vertebrate Zoology|title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World|year=2007|author=Fritz, Uwe|author-link=species:Uwe Fritz|author2=Havaš, Peter|author2-link=species:Peter Havaš |volume=57|issue=2|pages=149–368|doi=10.3897/vz.57.e30895 |doi-access=free |issn=1864-5755}} (Pangshura tentoria, pp. 240–241).
}}
The Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is found in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
Description
P. tentoria is a small species of turtle, growing to a maximum straight carapace length of {{convert|27|cm|in|abbr=on}}.
Subspecies
Three subspecies of P. tentoria are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.{{NRDB species |genus=Pangshura |species=tentoria}}
- Pangshura tentoria tentoria {{small|(Gray, 1834)}}
- Pangshura tentoria circumdata {{small|(Mertens, 1969)}}
- Pangshura tentoria flaviventer {{small|(Günther, 1864)}}
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pangshura.
Geographic range
P. tentoria is found in Peninsular India, Nepal, and Bangladesh at elevations below {{convert|80|m|abbr=on}} asl.
- P. t. tentoria – Mahanadi and Godavari river drainages in India (country endemic)
- P. t. circumdata – upper and central Ganges river drainage in India and southern Nepal
- P. t. flaviventer – lower Ganges drainage in Bangladesh, India, and southern Nepal
Type locality: "in Indiae Orientalis regione Dukhun [=Deccan] dicta "; restricted by M.A. Smith 1931: 128, to "Dhond, Poona Dist.", India.
Habitat
P. tentoria is primarily a riverine turtle that occurs in both small and large rivers. They bask on rocks and tree snags. Females are largely herbivores while males and juveniles are more carnivorous.
Reproduction
P. tentoria is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- Gray JE (1834). "Characters of several New Species of freshwater tortoises (Emys) from India and China". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 2: 53–55. (Emys tentoria, new species, p. 54). (in English and Latin).
- Günther ACLG. (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Pangshura tentoria, pp. 34–35 + Plate IV, figures C, C').
- Smith MA (1931). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. I.—Loricata, Testudines. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxviii + 185 pp. + Plates I-II. (Kachuga tectum tentoria, pp. 128–129).
External links
- {{cite journal|author1=Spinks, Phillip Q.|author1-link=species:Phillip Q. Spinks|author2=Shaffer, H. Bradley|author2-link=species:Howard Bradley Shaffer|author3=Iverson, John B.|author3-link=species:John B. Iverson|author4=McCord, William P.|author4-link=species:William P. McCord|year=2004|title=Phylogenetic hypotheses for the turtle family Geoemydidae|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=32|issue=1|pages=164–182|url=http://www.eve.ucdavis.edu/shafferlab/pubs/SpinksMolPhyloEvo2004.pdf |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2003.12.015|pmid=15186805|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611040217/http://www2.eve.ucdavis.edu/shafferlab/pubs/SpinksMolPhyloEvo2004.pdf|archive-date=11 June 2010}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030223011236/http://www.chelonia.org/kachuga_gallery.htm Article title]}}
{{Geoemydidae}}
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Category:Reptiles of Bangladesh