Indian tent turtle

The Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to India and Bangladesh.

Indian tent turtle
P. t. tentoria
Chambal River, Uttar Pradesh, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Pangshura
Species:
P. tentoria
Binomial name
Pangshura tentoria
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms[1][2]
Pangshura tentoria tentoria
  • Emys tentoria
    Gray, 1834
  • Batagur (Pangshura) tentoria
    — Gray, 1856
  • ? Emys namadicus
    Theobald, 1860 (nomen nudum)
  • Clemmys tentoria
    — Strauch, 1862
  • Pangshura tentoria
    — Günther, 1864
  • Pangshura tentori [sic]
    Theobald, 1868 (ex errore)
  • Pangshura tentorium
    — Gray, 1869
  • Emys (Pangshura) tectum var. intermedia
    Blanford, 1870
  • Cuchoa tentoria
    — Gray, 1870
  • Pangshura leithii
    Gray, 1870
  • ? Emys namadica
    — Boulenger, 1889
  • Kachuga intermedia
    — Boulenger, 1889
  • Kachuga tectum intermedia
    — Annandale, 1912
  • Kachuga tectum tentoria
    — M.A. Smith, 1931
  • Kachuga tecta tentoria
    — Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934
  • Kachuga tentoria tentoria
    — Pritchard, 1979
  • Pangshura tentoria tentoria
    — Das, 2001
  • Kachuga tentnria [sic]
    Artner, 2003 (ex errore)
Pangshura tentoria circumdata
  • Kachuga tecta circumdata
    Mertens, 1969
  • Kachuga tecta circumbata [sic]
    Thelwall, 1971 (ex errore)
  • Kachuga tentoria circumdata
    — Pritchard, 1979
  • Pangshura tentoria circumdata
    — Das, 2001
Pangshura tentoria flaviventer
  • Pangshura flaviventer
    Günther, 1864
  • Cuchoa flaviventris [sic]
    Gray, 1870 (ex errore)
  • Kachuga tecta flaviventer
    — Mertens, 1969
  • Kachuga tentoria flaviventer
    — Moll, 1987
  • Pangshura tentoria flaviventer
    — Das, 2001

Description

P. tentoria is a small species of turtle, growing to a maximum straight carapace length of 27 cm (11 in).[3]

Subspecies

Three subspecies of P. tentoria are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[4]

  • Pangshura tentoria tentoria (Gray, 1834)
  • Pangshura tentoria circumdata (Mertens, 1969)
  • Pangshura tentoria flaviventer (Günther, 1864)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pangshura.

Geographic range

P. tentoria is found in Peninsular India and Bangladesh.

  • P. t. tentoria – Mahanadi, Godavari and Krishna river drainages in India
  • P. t. circumdata – upper and central Ganges river drainage in India
  • P. t. flaviventer – lower Ganges drainage in Bangladesh and India

Type locality: "in Indiae Orientalis regione Dukhun [=Deccan] dicta "; restricted by M.A. Smith 1931: 128, to "Dhond, Poona Dist.", India.

Habitat

The preferred habitats of P. tentoria are freshwater rivers and swamps.[4]

Reproduction

P. tentoria is oviparous.[4]

References
  1. Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). "Pangshura tentoria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T46577A97375127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T46577A11060648.en.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
  2. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 149–368. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012. (Pangshura tentoria, pp. 240-241).
  3. Das (2002).
  4. Species Pangshura tentoria at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Das I (2002). Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Pangshura tentoria, p. 130).
  • Gray JE (1834). "Characters of several New Species of freshwater tortoises (Emys) from India and China". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 2: 53-55. (Emys tentoria, new species, p. 54). (in English and Latin).
  • Günther ACLG. (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Pangshura tentoria, pp. 34-35 + Plate IV, figures C, C').
  • Smith MA (1931). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. I.—Loricata, Testudines. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxviii + 185 pp. + Plates I-II. (Kachuga tectum tentoria, pp. 128-129).


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