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Bibliography of the genus
Batagur (River Terrapins)
(Reptilia: Testudines: Geoemydidae)
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Batagur in general
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Balasingham, E.; Khan, M.K.B.M. 1969. Conservation of the Perak River terrapins (Batagur baska). Malayan Nature Journal 23: 27-29.
Baruah, C.; Sharma, D.K. 2011. Structure and molecular evolution of cytochrome-b among the freshwater turtle genera Pangshura and Batagur. NeBIO 2(1): 5-12.
Choudhury, A. 1990. Two freshwater turtles of the genus Kachuga from Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 87(1): 151-152.
Das, I. 1988. Turtles of Manas Tiger Reserve. Hamadryad 13(1): 27-28.
Le, M.; McCord, W.P.; Iverson, J.B. 2007. On the paraphyly of the genus Kachuga (Testudines: Geoemydidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(1): 398-404.
Moll, E.O. 1987. Survey of the freshwater turtles of India. Part 1: the genus Kachuga. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 83(3) [1986]: 538-552.
Moll, E.O. 1987. Survey of the freshwater turtles of India. Part 2: the genus Kachuga. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 84(1): 7-25.
Praschag, P.; Hundsdörfer, A.K.; Fritz, U. 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(5): 429-442.
Rao, R.J. 1991. Observations on hardshelled turtles (Kachuga sp.) in the Chambal River. Zoos' Print 6(6): 15.
Rao, R.J.; Singh, L.A.K. 1988. Notes on ecological relationship in basking and nesting site utilisation among Kachuga spp. (Reptilia, Chelonia) and Gavialis gangeticus (Reptilia, Crocodylia) in National Chambal Sanctuary. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 84(3) [1987]: 599-604.
Spoczynska, J.O.I. 1969. The fascinating Kachugas. International Turtle and Tortoise Society Journal 3(2): 8-11.
Webb, R.G. 1995. The date of publication of Gray's Catalogue of shield Reptiles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1(4): 322-323.
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Batagur affinis
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Chan, E.H.; Chen, P.N. 2011. Nesting activity and clutch size of Batagur affinis edwardmolli from the Setiu River, Terengganu, Malaysia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 10(1): 129-132.
Chan, E.H.; Nyok, C.P. 2011. Getting to know the river terrapins of Malaysia. Malaysian Naturalist 64(3): 8-9.
Chen, P.N. 2017. Conservation of the Southern River Terrapin Batagur affinis (Reptilia: Testudines: Geoemydidae) in Malaysia: a case study involving local community participation. Journal of Threatened Taxa 9(4): 10035-10046.
Chen, P.N.; Chan, E.H. 2014. High hatch rates in Malaysian River Terrapin program are cause for optimism. Turtle Survival 2014: 51-52.
Horne, B.D. 2013. A new breeding facility for the Southern River Terrapin in Cambodia. Turtle Survival Alliance 2013: 43.
Horne, B.D.; Heng, S. 2014. Banner year for the Southern River Terrapin in Cambodia. Turtle Survival 2014: 49.
Moll, E.O.; Platt, S.G.; Chan, E.H.; Horne, B.D.; Platt, K.; Praschag, P.; Chen, P.N.; Dijk, P.P. van 2015. Batagur affinis (Cantor 1847) – Southern River Terrapin, Tuntong. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(90): 1-17.
Praschag, P.; Holloway, R.; Georges, A.; Paeckert, M.; Hundsdörfer, A.K.; Fritz, U. 2009. A new subspecies of Batagur affinis (Cantor, 1847), one of the world's most critically endangered chelonians (Testudines: Geoemydidae). Zootaxa 2233: 57-68.
Praschag, P.; Sommer, R.S.; McCarthy, C.; Gemel, R.; Fritz, U. 2008. Naming one of the world's rarest chelonians, the southern Batagur. Zootaxa 1758: 61-68.
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Batagur baska
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Bhupathy, S. 1997. Conservation of the endangered river terrapin Batagur baska in the Sunderban of West Bengal, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 94(1): 27-35.
Blanco, S.; Behler, J.L.; Kostel, F. 1990. Propagation of the batagurine turtles Batagur baska and Callagur borneoensis at the Bronx Zoo. pp. 63-65. In: Beaman, K.R.; Caporaso, F.; McKeown, S. & Graff, M.D. (eds.). Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Turtles and Tortoises: conservation and captive husbandry, Chapman University, August 9-12, 1990. California Turtle and Tortoise Club, Van Nuys. 171 pp.
Das, I. 1986. A survey of the batagur turtle of the Sunderbans with notes on other reptiles. Hamadryad 11(3): 3-8.
Das, I. 1986. Captive river terrapins of a Sunderbans village. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 17: 31-33.
Davenport, J.; Wong, T.M. 1986. Observations on the water economy of the estuarine turtles Batagur baska (Gray) and Callagur borneoensis (Schlegel and Müller). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Comparative Physiology 84(4): 703-707.
Davenport, J.; Wong, T.M.; East, J. 1992. Feeding and digestion in the omnivorous estuarine turtle Batagur baska (Gray). Herpetological Journal 2(4): 133-139.
Deuti, K. 2009. Distribution and status of the endangered River Terrapin Batagur baska (Gray) in the Indian Sunderbans. ENVIS Bulletin Wildlife and Protected Areas 12(1): 6.
Ghosh, A.; Mandal, N.R. 1990. Studies on nesting and artificial hatching of the endangered river terrapin Batagur baska (Gray) in the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, West Bengal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 87(1): 50-52.
Ghosh, A.K. 1991. Horseshoe crabs and Batagur turtle in India: need for inclusion in Wild Life (Protection) Act. Myforest 27(3): 255-257.
Holloway, R.H.P.; Sovannara, H. 2004. Geographic distribution: Batagur baska (River Terrapin). Herpetological Review 35(3): 284.
Kalyar; Thorbjarnarson, J.B.; Thirakhupt, K. 2007. An overview of the current population and conservation status of the critically endangered River Terrapin, Batagur baska (Gray, 1831) in Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 7(1): 51-65.
Loch, J.H. 1951. Notes on the Perak river turtle. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 157-160.
Moll, E.O. 1980. Natural history of the river terrapin, Batagur baska (Gray) in Malaysia (Testudines: Emydidae). Malaysian Journal of Science 6: 23-62.
Moll, E.O.; Platt, K.; Platt, S.G.; Praschag, P.; Dijk, P.P. van 2009. Batagur baska (Gray 1830) - Northern River Terrapin. Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 037.1-037.10.
Murthy, T.S.N. 1988. An overview of the reptiles in the estuaries of India, with brief notes on their habits and distribution. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 24: 17-19.
Pandit, P.K. 2013. Captive breeding of Batagur baska - a critically endangered species in Sundarban Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India. Tigerpaper (Bangkok) 40(4): 1-6.
Platt, K.; Platt, S.G.; Thirakhupt, K.; Rainwater, T.R. 2008. Recent records and conservation status of the critically endangered mangrove terrapin, Batagur baska, in Myanmar. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7(2): 261-265.
Platt, S.G.; Stuart, B.L.; Sovannara, H.; Kheng, L.; Kalyar; Kimchhay, H. 2003. Rediscovery of the critically endangered River Terrapin, Batagur baska, in Cambodia, with notes on occurrence, reproduction, and conservation status. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3): 691-695.
Praschag, P.; Pfistermueller, R. 2010. Batagur baska - Eine Flußschildkröte kämpft ums Überleben. ZGAP Mitteilungen 26(2): 23-25.
Praschag, P.; Sommer, R.S.; McCarthy, C.; Gemel, R.; Fritz, U. 2008. Naming one of the world's rarest chelonians, the southern Batagur. Zootaxa 1758: 61-68.
Praschag, P.; Weissenbacher, A.; Rupali, G. 2013. Another successful year for Project Batagur baska. Turtle Survival Alliance 2013: 32-33.
Preininger, D.; Rupali, G.; Praschag, P.; Weissenbacher, A. 2014. Brining the Northern River Terrapin back from the brink. Turtle Survival 2014: 38-39.
Sanyal, P.; Seth, S.K. 1992. Rare terrapin (Batagur baska) breeds in Bengal. Tigerpaper (Bangkok) 19(4): 10-11.
Seth, S. 1993. Conservation and management of endangered river terrapin Batagur baska (Gray-1831) in West Bengal. Indian Forester 119(10): 858-862.
Spitzweg, C.; Praschag, P.; DiRuzzo, S.; Fritz, U. 2018. Conservation genetics of the northern river terrapin (Batagur baska) breeding project using a microsatellite marker system. Salamandra 54(1): 63-70.
Vyas, R. 2017. A Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska) from Kutch, with comments on the species’ distribution in western India and Pakistan. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 24(2): 128–131.
Weissenbacher, A. 2012. [The Batagur baska project - protection measures for the northern river terrapin]. (In German). OGH-Aktuell 28: 10-15.
Weissenbacher, A.; Praschag, P. 2012. [The Batagur baska project - a look back at the year 2011]. (In German). ZGAP Mitteilungen 28(1): 23.
Weissenbacher, A.; Preininger, D.; Ghosh, R.; Morshed, A.G.J.; Praschag, P. 2015. Conservation breeding of the Northern river terrapin Batagur baska at the Vienna Zoo, Austria, and in Bangladesh. pp. 31–41. In: Zoological Society of London (ed.). International Zoo Yearbook. Vol. 49. Reptile Conservation. Zoological Society of London, London. 442 pp.
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Batagur borneoensis
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Blanco, S.; Behler, J.L.; Kostel, F. 1990. Propagation of the batagurine turtles Batagur baska and Callagur borneoensis at the Bronx Zoo. pp. 63-65. In: Beaman, K.R.; Caporaso, F.; McKeown, S. & Graff, M.D. (eds.). Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Turtles and Tortoises: conservation and captive husbandry, Chapman University, August 9-12, 1990. California Turtle and Tortoise Club, Van Nuys. 171 pp.
Buhrmester, T.; Leeson, C. 2012. The evolution of wrangling turtles in Houston, Texas. Animal Keepers' Forum 39(7): 318-322.
Coutard, C.; Trani, M.; Tafani, J.S.; Cadi, A. 2004. Liste rouge TSA: Especes menacees elevees au centre A Cupulatta (1ere partie). Manouria 7(23): 37-44.
Davenport, J.; Wong, T.M. 1986. Observations on the water economy of the estuarine turtles Batagur baska (Gray) and Callagur borneoensis (Schlegel and Müller). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Comparative Physiology 84(4): 703-707.
Dunson, W.A.; Moll, E.O. 1980. Osmoregulation in sea water of hatchling emydid turtles, Callagur borneoensis, from a Malaysian sea beach. Journal of Herpetology 14(1): 31-36.
Effendy, A.W.M.; Azizan, T.R.P.T. 2007. The influence of sand particle size on nesting site selection of painted terrapin (Callagur borneoensis) in Kuala Setiu Baru, Penarik, Terengganu. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management 2(2): 16-20.
Guntoro, J. 2012. [Tracing the footsteps of the painted terrapin (Batagur borneoensis) in the Aceh Tamiang Regency, Aceh, Indonesia. Preliminary observations]. (In German). Radiata 21(1): 60-67.
Guntoro, J. 2012. The body size and some field notes of Painted Terrapin (Batagur borneoensis) in district of Aceh Tamiang, Indonesia. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 1(2): 74-77.
Guntoro, J. 2013. Conserving Indonesia's Painted Terrapin. Turtle Survival Alliance 2013: 49.
Klingelhöffer, W.; Mertens, R. 1944. Bemerkungen über die Umfärbung von Callagur borneoensis. Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde 2: 35-36.
Lenz, H. 1893. Clemmys borneoensis (Schleg. u. Mull.). Mitt. Geogr. Ges. Lubeck 2(5): 93-94.
Light, C. 2012. Surgery and rehabilitation on a male painted terrapin (Batagur borneoensis). Animal Keepers' Forum 39(7): 338-344.
Mertens, R. 1937. Über Callagur borneoensis (Schlegel & Müller), eine seltene Brackwasser-Schildkröte. Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde (Stuttgart) 48: 150-152.
Moll, E.O.; Matson, K.E.; Krehbiel, B. 1981. Sexual and seasonal dichromatism in the Asian river turtle Callagur borneoensis. Herpetologica 37(4): 181-194.
Siebenrock, F. 1906. Bemerkungen zu zwei seltenen Schildkröten. Zoologischer Anzeiger 30: 127-130.
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Batagur dhongoka
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Batra, R.; Prakash, S. 1995. Simplified field technique for obtaining blood from freshwater turtles. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 92(2): 269-270.
Chauhan, R.; Andrews, H. 2006. Black-necked stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus and sarus crane Grus antigone depredating eggs of the three-striped roofed turtle Kachuga dhongoka. Forktail 22: 174-175.
Javed, S.; Hanfee, F. 1995. Freshwater turtles of Dudhwa National Park and their conservation. Hamadryad 20: 21-26.
Lotze, H.U. 1963. Putzverhalten bei Wasserschildkröten. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 16: 220-221.
Mishra, S.B.; Narain, S.; Chauhan, R. 1996. Study of some fresh water turtles of Panchnada. Journal of Nature Conservation 8(2): 121-133.
Rao, R.J.; Singh, L.A.K. 1987. Notes on comparative body size, reproductive effort and areas of management priority for three species of Kachuga (Reptilia, Chelonia) in the National Chambal Sanctuary. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 84(1): 55-65.
Sirsi, S.; Singh, S.; Tripathi, A.; McCracken, S.F.; Forstner, M.R.J.; Horne, B.D. 2017. Variation in reproductive output of the Red-crowned Roofed Turtle (Batagur kachuga) and the Three-striped Roofed Turtle (Batagur dhongoka) in the Chambal River of North India. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 16(2): 203-214.
Wermuth, H. 1961. Die Dhongoka-Dachschildkröte, Kachuga dhongoka. Aquarien und Terrarien (Leipzig) 8(11): 343-344.
Yadava, M.R. 1980. Hatching time for the eggs of soft-shell turtle, Kachuga dhongoka (Gray) at various temperatures. Indian Forester 106(10): 721-725.
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Batagur kachuga
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Basu, D.; Andrews, H.V.; Suresh, P.S.; Singh, R.; Kundhavi, D.; Mundoli, S. 2006. First captive breeding record of the Indian Painted Roofed Turtle, Kachuga kachuga. Herpinstance 3(2): 7-9.
Mishra, S.B. 1986. Turtle notes from Kukrail. Hamadryad 11(3): 8.
Mishra, S.B.; Narain, S.; Chauhan, R. 1996. Study of some fresh water turtles of Panchnada. Journal of Nature Conservation 8(2): 121-133.
Rao, R.J. 1984. Turtles in the Chambal River. Hamadryad 9(2): 9-10.
Rao, R.J.; Singh, L.A.K. 1987. Notes on comparative body size, reproductive effort and areas of management priority for three species of Kachuga (Reptilia, Chelonia) in the National Chambal Sanctuary. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 84(1): 55-65.
Sharma, R.K.; Sharma, S.; Mathur, R. 1995. Wildlife survey in Madhya Pradesh - 2 survey report on Ken River Gharial Sanctuary. Journal of Freshwater Biology 7(1): 59-62.
Shrestha, T.K. 1995. New survival of rare chelonian in the altered habitats of Himalayan rivers of Nepal. pp. 52-56. In: Devaux, B. (ed.). International Congress of Chelonian Conservation. France - Gonfaron - Tortoise Village - 6th to 10th of July 1995. Proceedings. Editions SOPTOM, Gonfaron, France. 344 pp.
Whitaker, N. 2009. Captive breeding of the critically endangered Red-Crowned Roof Turtle Batagur kachuga (Gray 1831) at the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust. ENVIS Bulletin Wildlife and Protected Areas 12(1): 18.
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Batagur trivittata
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Hudson, R. 2007. Neues Zuchtzentrum für die Burma-Flussschildkröte (Kachuga trivittata) im Zoo von Mandalay offiziell eröffnet. Marginata 14: 53-57.
Kuchling, G.; Win, K.K.; Min, S.A.; Lwin, T.; Myo Myo Khin; Khaing, T.T.; Khaing, T.T.; Mar, W.W.; Win, N.N. 2006. Two remnant populations of the roofed turtle Kachuga trivittata in the upper Ayeyarwady River system, Myanmar. Oryx 40(2): 176-182.
Platt, S. 2016. Birma-Dachschildkröten kommen nach Hause. Marginata 49: ?
Platt, S.G.; Measures, E.A.; Rohr, D.M.; Platt, K.; Rainwater, T.R. 2017. Natural history notes: Batagur trivittata (Burmese Roofed Turtle). Nesting site and substrate. Herpetological Review 48(2): 420-422.
Platt, S.G.; Tint Lwin; Myo Min Win; Platt, K.; Rainwater, T.R. 2017. Natural history notes: Batagur trivittata (Burmese Roofed Turtle). Description and phenology of sexual dichromatism. Herpetological Review 48(3): 616-618.
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