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Morenia petersi (ANDERSON, 1879)

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Higher TaxaGeoemydidae (Geoemydinae), Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Indian Eyed Turtle
G:Vorderindische Pfauenaugenschildkröte 
SynonymBatagur (Morenia) petersi ANDERSON 1879
Morenia petersi — BOULENGER 1889
Morenia petersi — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 174
Morenia petersi — DAS 1996: 38
Morenia petersi — MURTHY 2010: 23
Morenia petersi — TTWG 2021 
DistributionNE India (Assam, Odisha, as far west as Bihar), Nepal, Bangladesh

Type locality: Huzurapur (Jessore District), Furreedpore and Dacca, Bangladesh.  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesSyntypes: ZSI 155 and 156 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1803 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentIverson (1986:58) believes the holotype is in the IMC, which today is primarily an ethnographic museum. Many specimens reported to be in the IMC, or in the museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, are in the ZSI (after KING & BURKE 1989).

Habitat: freshwater (Rivers, swamps, tributaries) 
EtymologyNamed after Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German herpetologist. 
References
  • Anderson, J. 1879. Reptilia and amphibia. In: Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875. Volume I. [pages 703-860, 969-975 index.]. Bernard Quarich, London, Vol. I: 705– 860,[1878] - get paper here
  • Anderson, JOHN 1879. Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1866 and 1875; and a Monograph of the Two Cetacean Genera Platanista and Orcella. Volume II. Atlas. Bernard Quaritch, London "1878".; Atlas: 85 plates [herpetological plates 55-78, 75A, 75B]). - get paper here
  • Baruah, Chittaranjan & D.K. Sharma 2010. Indian Eyed Turtle Morenia petersi (Anderson, 1879) in the Deepor Beel, Ramsar site. Reptile Rap (9): 6-7 - get paper here
  • Behera, S., Mohapatra, P. P., & Mardaraj, P. 2023. Occurrence of Indian Eyed Turtle, Morenia petersi Anderson 1879 (Geoemydidae), in state of Odisha, India: A new record for the state. Reptiles & Amphibians 30 (1): e18361 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1889. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum, London, 311 pp. - get paper here
  • Bour, R. 2008. Global diversity of turtles (Chelonii; Reptilia) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595:593–598 - get paper here
  • Das, I. et al. 2008. Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles of India. WWF/WII poster
  • Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London
  • Iverson, J.B. 1986. A Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Paust Printing, Richmond, Indiana. viii + 282 pp.
  • Kästle , W., Rai, K. & Schleich, H.H. 2013. FIELD GUIDE to Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. ARCO-Nepal e.V., 625 pp. - get paper here
  • Lenz, Norbert 2012. Von Schmetterlingen und Donnerdrachen - Natur und Kultur in Bhutan. Karlsruher Naturhefte 4, Naturkundemuseum Karlsruhe, 124 pp.
  • Mahapatra, DA, Ghorai, SK, Patra, A, Santra, V 2020. Occurrence, conservation status and threats to the Indian eyed turtle (Morenia petersi), in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India. Herpetological Bulletin 151: 39-40 - get paper here
  • Mital, A; Vasudevan, K; Singh, S & Baskaran, N; 2019. Morenia petersi (Indian Eyed Turtle) Life history and distribution. Herpetological Review 50 (1): 127-128 - get paper here
  • Murthy, T.S.N. 2010. The reptile fauna of India. B.R. Publishing, New Delhi, 332 pp.
  • Purkayastha J. 2013. An Amateur’s Guide to Reptiles of Assam. EBH Publishers (India) - get paper here
  • Purkayastha, J. 2018. Urban biodiversity: an insight into the terrestrial vertebrate diversity of Guwahati, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(10): 12299–12316; - get paper here
  • Purkayastha, J., DAS, I., Sengupta, S. 2015. Freshwater Turtles & Tortoises of South Asia. Bhabani Books, 138 pp. - get paper here
  • Purkayastha, Jayaditya; Ahmed Mahmadul Hassan, Hasanul Islam, Jessica Das, Manoj Sarma, Mituseela Basumatary, Nilakshi Sarma, Nishant Chatterjee, Sachin Singha, Vishnupriya Nair, Arundhati Purkayastha, Jayashree Dutta, Madhurima Das 2013. Turtles of the Temple Pond of Kamakhya, Assam, India. Reptile Rap (15): 11-15 - get paper here
  • Rai, T.P. & S. Adhikari 2021. Confirmatory record of Indian Eyed Turtle from Lumbini in Nepal. Reptile Rap #207, In: Zoo’s Print 36(5): 05–08 - get paper here
  • Smith, Malcolm A. 1931. The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia Volume I.—Loricata, Testudines. Taylor and Francis, London, 185 pp. - get paper here
  • TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021. - get paper here
 
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