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
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Subfamily:	Geoemydinae
Genus:	Batagur; Gray, 1856[1]
Synonyms[1]
	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 recent merger with members from two other genera,[2] this genus has six described species.[1]

Species

B. affinis[1] – southern river terrapin
B. baska[1] – northern river terrapin
B. borneoensis[1] – painted terrapin (formerly in Callagur)
B. dhongoka[1] – three-striped roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)
B. kachuga[1] – red-crowned roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)
B. trivittata[1] – Burmese roofed turtle (formerly in Kachuga)

References

Rhodin, Anders G. J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley & Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). Turtles of the World, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. pp. 000.187–000.188. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v4.2011. ISBN 978-0965354097. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
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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[Rhodin11-1] Rhodin, Anders G. J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley & Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). Turtles of the World, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. pp. 000.187–000.188. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v4.2011. ISBN 978-0965354097. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.

[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