Batagur

Batagur
	(Batagur affinis) from a gazetted conservation site at Kuala Berang, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Geoemydidae
Subfamily:	Geoemydinae
Genus:	Batagur; Gray, 1856
Synonyms
	Tetraonyx - Gray, 1830; Tetronyx - Lesson, 1832; Kachuga - Gray, 1856; Batagurella - Gray 1869; Dongoka - Gray, 1869; Callagur - Gray, 1870; Cantorella - Gray, 1870;

Batagur is a genus of large turtles from South and Southeast Asia. All members of the genus are seriously threatened. With a 2007 merger with members from two other genera,^[2] this genus has six described species.^[1]

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Iverson, John B.; Bour, Roger; Fritz, Uwe; Georges, Arthur; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Dijk, Peter Paul (2021). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.)". Chelonian Research Monographs. 8: 1–472.
↑ 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

[Rhodin21-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Iverson, John B.; Bour, Roger; Fritz, Uwe; Georges, Arthur; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Dijk, Peter Paul (2021). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.)". Chelonian Research Monographs. 8: 1–472.

[2] 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

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Species

References