Three-striped roofed turtle

Three-striped roofed turtle
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1][2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Batagur
Species:	B. dhongoka
Binomial name
	Batagur dhongoka; (Gray, 1832)[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
	Emys dhongoka ; Gray, 1832; Emys duvaucelii ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Emys duvaucellii [sic]; Gray, 1844 (ex errore); Batagur (Kachuga) dhongoka ; — Gray, 1856; Clemmys dhongoka ; — Strauch, 1862; Kachuga hardwickii ; Gray, 1869; Dhongoka hardwickii ; — Gray, 1870; Batagur dhougoka [sic] ; Gray, 1873 (ex errore); Dhougoka hardwickii ; — Gray, 1873; Emys duvancellii [sic] ; Gray, 1873 (ex errore); Batagur durandi ; Lydekker, 1885; Kachuga dhongoka ; — Boulenger, 1889; Batagur duvaucelii ; — Anderson, 1879; Emys duvauceli [sic] ; M.A. Smith, 1931 (ex errore); Kachuga dhongoca [sic] ; Tikader & Sharma, 1985 ; (ex errore); Kachuga drongoka [sic] ; Moll, 1986 (ex errore);

The three-striped roofed turtle (Batagur dhongoka) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to South Asia.

Geographic range

The three-striped roofed turtle is found in Bangladesh, India (Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), and possibly in Nepal.[1][2]

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