Hardella thurjii (GRAY, 1831)

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Higher Taxa	Geoemydidae or Bataguridae, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies	Hardella thurjii thurjii (GRAY 1831) Hardella thurjii indi (GRAY 1870)
Common Names	Brahminy River Turtle; Crowned River Turtle
Synonym	Emys thurjii GRAY 1831 Emys thuji — GRAY (ex errore) 1831 Emys thuryi — GRAY (ex errore) 1831 Emys flavonigra LESSON 1831 Emys Thurjii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835: 318 Kachuga oldhami GRAY 1869 Hardella indi GRAY 1870 (fide WERMUTH & MERTENS 1977) Hardella thurgi — GRAY 1870 (ex errore) Hardella thurjii — OBST 2003: 17
Distribution	N India (Assam etc.), Bangladesh (watersheds of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus rivers), Pakistan Type locality: "India". Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
Types	Type: Presumed BMNH, but the type is not listed by Boulenger 1889:63-66.
Comment	PRASCHAG et al. (2007) suggested to abandon the subspecies of H. thurji as they lack sufficient morphological and genetic differences. Reproduction: oviparous.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1889. Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum, London, 311 pp. Das, I. 2008. Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles of India. WWF/WII poster Das, Indraneil 1984. Record length of the Brahminy River turtle Hardella thurjii Hamadryad 9 (3): 18 Duméril, A.M.C., and G. Bibron. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles, Vol. 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, iv + 680 p. - get paper here Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London Gray, J. E. 1831. Synopsis Reptilium or short descriptions of the species of reptiles. Part I: Cataphracta, tortoises, crocodiles, and enaliosaurians. Treuttel, Wurz & Co., London, 85 pp. Gray, J.E. 1870. Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Testudinata (Tortoises). Taylor and Francis, London. 120 p., 40 figs. Ludwig, Maxim; Auer, Markus; Fritz, Uwe 2007. Phalangeal formulae of geoemydid terrapins (Batagur, Callagur, Hardella, Heosemys, Kachuga, Orlitia, Pangshura, Rhinoclemmys) reflect distinct modes of life. Amphibia-Reptilia 28 (4): 574-576 - get paper here McCord, W.P. & Joseph-Ouni, M. 2003. Chelonian Illustrations #10. Monotypic genera of the family Geoemydidae. Reptilia (GB) (30): 34-38 - get paper here Minton, Sherman A., Jr;Anderson, Jerome A. 1962. A record of the turtle, Hardella thurji from Salt water Herpetologica 12: 126 - get paper here Obst, F.J. 2003. Sumpfschildkröten. Draco 4 (13): 4-18 - get paper here Praschag, P.; Hundsdörfer, A.K. & Fritz, U. 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 (5): 429–442 - get paper here Purkayastha, Jayaditya; Ahmed Mahmadul Hassan, Hasanul Islam, Jessica Das, Manoj Sarma, Mituseela Ba 2013. Turtles of the Temple Pond of Kamakhya, Assam, India Reptile Rap (15): 11-15 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List - Hardella thurjii - Vulnerable, VU Google images

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