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Pangshura tentoria (GRAY, 1834)

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Higher TaxaGeoemydidae (Geoemydinae), Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
SubspeciesPangshura tentoria tentoria (GRAY 1834)
Pangshura tentoria circumdata (MERTENS 1969)
Pangshura tentoria flaviventer (GÜNTHER 1864) 
Common NamesE: Indian Tent Turtle
G: Ostindische Dachschildkröte
E: circumdata: Pink-ringed roofed turtle 
SynonymEmys tentoria GRAY 1834: 54
Emys (Pangshura) tectum var. intermedia BLANFORD 1870
Pangshura leithii GRAY 1870
Pangshura tentoria — MURRAY 1886: 8
Kachuga intermedia — BOULENGER 1889
Kachuga tectum tentoria— SMITH 1931
Kachuga tentoria — KING & BURKE 1989
Kachuga tentoria — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 165
Kachuga tentoria tentoria — HALLERMANN et al. 2001
Pangshura tentoria — SPINKS et al. 2004
Batagur tentoria — LE et al. 2007
Pangshura tentoria — DAS et al. 2008
Kachuga tentoria — MURTHY 2010: 23
Pangshura tentoria tentoria — RHODIN et al. 2010
Pangshura tentoria tentoria — TTWG 2017
Pangshura tentoria tentoria — TTWG 2021

Pangshura tentoria circumdata MERTENS 1969
Kachuga tentoria circumdata — OBST 2003: 17
Pangshura tentoria circumdata — VYAS 2007
Kachuga tentoria circumdata — GOSNELL et al. 2009
Kachuga tentoria circumdata — MURTHY 2010: 23
Pangshura tentoria circumdata — RHODIN et al. 2010
Pangshura tentoria circumdata — TTWG 2017
Pangshura tentoria circumdata — TTWG 2021

Pangshura tentoria flaviventer (GÜNTHER 1864)
Pangshura flaviventer GÜNTHER 1864: 35
Kachuga tentoria flaviventer — OBST 2003: 17
Kachuga tentoria flaviventer — MURTHY 2010: 23
Pangshura tentoria flaviventer — RHODIN et al. 2010
Pangshura flaviventer — CHETRY 2010
Pangshura flaviventer — KÄSTLE et al. 2013
Pangshura tentoria flaviventer — TTWG 2017
Pangshura flaviventer — BHATTARAI et al. 2020
Pangshura tentoria flaviventer — TTWG 2021 
DistributionPeninsular India (Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha etc.), Bangladesh

tentoria: India

circumdata: India (Gujarat ?)

flaviventer: Bangladesh, India, Nepal

Type locality: "in Indiae Orientalis regione Dukhun [=Deccan] dicta"; restricted by Smith 1931:128, to "Dhond, Poona Dist.," India.  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.72.
Holotype: SMF 52793 [circumdata]
Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.82 [flaviventer] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2709 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSubspecies: circumdata is listed as subspecies of tecta in KING & BURKE 1989. Subspecies following DAS 1996.

Distribution: possibly in Bhutan (Lenz 2012 and references therein). Pangshura tentoria was historically reported from Tapi river, South Gujarat (Bhatt, 1989; Frazier and Das, 1994). However, these species haven't been reported since then, and vouchers would be needed to confirm their continued existence in the state, hence not listed for Gujarat by Patel & Vyas 2019.

Habitat: freshwater (Rivers, swamps) 
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