Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: May 12th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Melanochelys
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Indian Black Turtles
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Vorderindische Erdschildkröten
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Indiske Sorte Sumpskildpadder
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1869 |  |
Melanochelys Gray (type species: Emys trijuga Schweigger 1812) |
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1876 | |
Chaibassia Theobald (type species: Geoemyda tricarinata Blyth 1856; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Contents:
2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
S. Asia.
Reported from:
Bangladesh,
Bhutan,
India
(Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam,
Bihar,
Chhattisgarh,
Delhi,
Goa,
Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jharkhand,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra,
Manipur,
Meghalaya,
Mizoram,
Nagaland,
Odisha,
Tamil Nadu,
Telangana,
Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand,
West Bengal),
Maldives,
Myanmar,
Nepal,
Sri Lanka.
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Melanochelys tricarinata
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Tricarinate Hill Turtle, Three-keeled Land Tortoise, Three-keeled Turtle, Red-striped Freshwater Turtle, Eastern Hill Terrapin
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Dreikiel-Erdschildkröte
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Indisk Trekølskildpadde, Indisk Trekileskildpadde
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1856 | |
Geoemyda tricarinata Blyth |
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Chaibassia tricarinata Theobald 1876 |
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Nicoria tricarinata Lydekker 1889 |
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Geoemyda tricarinata Siebenrock 1909 |
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Melanochelys tricarinata McDowell 1964 |
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1879 | |
Chaibassia theobaldi Anderson (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1889 | |
Nicoria tricarinata var. sivalensis Lydekker (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
Bhutan,
India
(Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam,
Bihar,
Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand,
Madhya Pradesh,
Meghalaya,
Mizoram,
Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand,
West Bengal),
Nepal.
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Melanochelys trijuga
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Indian Black Turtle, Indoburmese Pond Turtle, Madras Pond Turtle, Indian Pond Terrapin
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Schwarzbauch-Erdschildkröte
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Indisk Sort Sumpskildpadde
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1812 | |
Emys trijuga Schweigger |
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Clemmys trijuga Fitzinger 1835 |
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Melanochelys trijuga Gray 1869 |
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Nicoria trijuga Boulenger 1889 |
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Geoemyda trijuga Siebenrock 1909 |
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1830 | |
Emys thermalis Lesson |
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Clemmys thermalis Strauch 1862 |
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Nicoria trijuga var. thermalis Boulenger 1889 |
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Geoemyda trijuga thermalis Siebenrock 1909 |
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Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Deraniyagala 1939 |
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1831 | |
Emys sebae Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Geoclemys seba Gray 1856 |
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Melanochelys sebae Gray 1870 |
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Emys trijuga var. sebae Anderson 1879 |
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1834 | |
Emys belangeri Lesson in Bélanger (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1876 | |
Melanochelys edeniana Theobald |
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Nicoria trijuga var. edeniana Boulenger 1889 |
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Geoemyda trijuga edeniana Siebenrock 1909 |
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Melanochelys trijuga edeniana Deraniyagala 1939 |
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1878 | |
Emys trijuga var. coronata Anderson |
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Nicoria trijuga var. coronata Bruner 1908 |
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Geoemyda trijuga coronata Siebenrock 1909 |
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Melanochelys trijuga coronata Pritchard 1979 |
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1879 | |
Emys trijuga var. burmana Anderson (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1879 | |
Emys trijuga var. madraspatana Anderson (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1885 | |
Clemmys theobaldi Lydekker (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Bellia theobaldi Lydekker 1889 |
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1913 | |
Geoemyda indopeninsularis Annandale |
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Geoemyda trijuga indopeninsularis Smith 1931 |
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Melanochelys trijuga indopeninsularis Deraniyagala 1939 |
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Melanochelys edeniana indopeninsularis Bour 2002 |
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1915 | |
Geoemyda trijuga plumbea Annandale (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1939 | |
Melanochelys trijuga parkeri Deraniyagala |
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Geoemyda trijuga parkeri Mertens & Wermuth 1955 |
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1979 | |
Geoemyda trijuga wiroti Reimann in Nutaphand |
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Melanochelys trijuga wiroti Stubbs 1989 |
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Melanochelys edeniana wiroti Bour 2002 |
Other common names:
coronata: Malabar Black Turtle, Cochin Black Turtle, Black Hill Tortoise
edeniana: Burmese Black Turtle
indopeninsularis: Eastern Black Turtle, Bengal Black Turtle
parkeri: Sri Lanka Black Turtle, (Parker's Black Turtle)
thermalis: Red-spotted Black Turtle, Spotted Black Turtle, (Sri Lanka Black Turtle)
trijuga: Peninsular Black Turtle
wiroti: Thai Black Turtle
Remarks:
Continued presence in Gujarat needs confirmation, where it is considered regionally extinct (Patel & Vyas 2019).
Introduced to:
Chagos Archipelago.
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
Bhutan,
India
(Andhra Pradesh,
Assam,
Bihar,
Delhi,
Goa,
Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jharkhand,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra,
Manipur,
Meghalaya,
Mizoram,
Nagaland,
Odisha,
Tamil Nadu,
Telangana,
Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand,
West Bengal),
Maldives,
Myanmar,
Nepal,
Sri Lanka.
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Melanochelys trijuga
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