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Bibliography of the genus
Melanochelys (Indian Black Turtles)
(Reptilia: Testudines: Geoemydidae)
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Melanochelys in general
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Dinerstein, E.; Zug, G.R.; Mitchell, J.C. 1988. Notes on the biology of Melanochelys (Reptilia, Testudines, Emydidae) in the Terai of Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 84(3) [1987]: 687-688.
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Melanochelys tricarinata
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Busack, S.D. 1994. Geographic distribution: Melanochelys tricarinata (Tricarinate Hill Turtle). India: Uttar Pradesh. Herpetological Review 25(1): 32.
Das, A.; Kumar, R.S. 2014. Natural history notes: Melanochelys tricarinata (Tricarinate Hill Turtle). Diet. Herpetological Review 45(4): 690-691.
Das, I. 1997. Kachuga sylhetensis recorded from northern Bengal, with notes on turtles of Gorumara National Park, eastern India. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(4): 616-617.
Das, I. 2009. Melanochelys tricarinata (Blyth 1856) - Tricarinate Hill Turtle, Three-keeled Land Turtle Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 025.1-025.5.
Frazier, J. 1990. Turtle chasing. Hornbill (Bombay) 1: 7-9.
Javed, S.; Hanfee, F. 1995. Freshwater turtles of Dudhwa National Park and their conservation. Hamadryad 20: 21-26.
Kumar, R.S.; Harihar, A.; Pandav, B. 2009. A natural history account of the Tricarinate Hill-Turtle Melanochelys tricarinata in the Doon Valley, northern India. ENVIS Bulletin Wildlife and Protected Areas 12(1): 12.
Kumar, R.S.; Harihar, A.; Pandav, B. 2010. Population characteristics of a terrestrial geoemydid, Melanochelys tricarinata, from the Doon Valley, northern India. Herpetological Journal 20(3): 139-146.
Philippen, H.D. 2006. Dreikiel-Schwarzbauch-Erdschildkröte Melanochelys tricarinata (Blyth, 1856). Marginata 8: 31-34.
Sengupta, S.; Baruah, M.; Baruah, M.; Choudhury, N.K. 1998. Report on turtles of Pabitora wildlife sanctuary. Journal of Nature Conservation 10(2): 209-210.
Singh, D.K. 2011. Geographic distribution: Melanochelys tricarinata (Tricarinate Hill Turtle). Herpetological Review 42(1): 111.
Valentin, P.; Gemel, R. 1999. Zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie der Dreikiel-Erdschildkröte Melanochelys tricarinata (Blyth, 1856) (Testudines: Bataguridae). Herpetozoa 12(3-4): 99-118.
Wangyal, J.T.; Wangchuk, D.; Das, I. 2012. First report of turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11(2): 268-272.
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Melanochelys trijuga
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Abeysekera, T.S.; Mayadunne, M.D.I.P.K.; Chalalochani, H.M.N.; Liyanage, P.L.C.L.; Dasanayake, R.D.C.S.K.; Amarakoon, A.M.R.K.; Somathilaka, S.A.U.S.; Nathanael, S.; Goonasekera, M.M.; Nesbit, M.J.; Silva, A. de 2005. Some observations on the hard-shell freshwater terrapin Melanochelys trijuga thermalis (Reptilia: Bataguridae) of Sri Lanka. Lyriocephalus 6(1-2): 331-336.
Abeysekera, T.S.; Mayadunne, M.D.I.P.K.; Chalalochani, H.M.N.; Liyanage, P.L.C.L.; Dasanayake, R.D.C.S.K.; Amarakoon, A.M.R.K.; Somathilaka, S.A.U.S.; Nathanael, S.; Goonasekera, M.M.; Nesbit, M.J.; Silva, A. de 2006. Beobachtungen zur Lebensweise von Melanochelys trijuga thermalis (Schwarzbauch-Erdschildkröte) (Reptilia: Geoemydidae) auf Sri Lanka. Radiata 15(3): 3-11.
Abeysekera, T.S.; Mayadunne, M.D.I.P.K.; Chalalochani, H.M.N.; Liyanage, P.L.C.L.; Dasanayake, R.D.C.S.K.; Amarakoon, A.M.R.K.; Somathilaka, S.A.U.S.; Shirani, N.; Goonasekera, M.M.; Nesbit, M.J.; Silva, A. de 2006. Observations on the natural history of Melanochelys trijuga thermalis (Spotted Black Turtle) (Geoemydidae) in Sri Lanka. Radiata 15(3): 3-11.
Amatya, B. 2009. Northern range extension of Melanochelys trijuga indopeninsularis in Central Nepal. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 14: 12-13.
Bahuguna, A. 2012. Molecular characterization of some species of freshwater turtles of family Geoemydidae from India by using 12s rrna gene. Annals of Forestry 20(1): 145-152.
Barnett, L.K.; Emms, C. 1997. Herpetological observations in the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 59: 6-12.
Chandraratne, R.M.M. 1998. Some reptile bones from the Gedige Excavation in 1985, the Citadel of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Lyriocephalus 3(2): 7-15.
Choudhury, A. 2004. Further chelonian records from Mizoram in northeastern India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 101(1): 165-166.
Das, I. 1997. Kachuga sylhetensis recorded from northern Bengal, with notes on turtles of Gorumara National Park, eastern India. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(4): 616-617.
Das, I.; Bhupathy, S. 2009. Melanochelys trijuga (Schweigger 1812) - Indian Black Turtle. Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 038.1-038.9.
Das, I.; Pritchard, P.C.H. 1990. Intergradation between Melanochelys trijuga trijuga and M. t. coronata (Testudines: Emydidae: Batagurinae). Asiatic Herpetological Research 3: 52-53.
Durgadevi, R.; Aravind, K.M.; Ammu, K.; Devakumar, S. 2013. A preliminary study on surfacing-diving dynamics of three aquatic reptiles (Cerberus rynchops, Melanochelys trijuga, Lissemys punctata) in captivity. Cobra (Chennai) 7(2): 17-22.
Ewert, M.A.; Firth, S.J.; Nelson, C.E. 1984. Normal and multiple eggshells in batagurine turtles and their implications for dinosaurs and other reptiles. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62(9): 1834-1841.
Farkas, B.; Csorba, G. 1999. Notes on the distribution and maximum size of Melanochelys trijuga indopeninsularis in Nepal (Reptilia: Testudines: Bataguridae). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 21(2): 305-307.
Frazier, J. 1990. Turtle chasing. Hornbill (Bombay) 1: 7-9.
Gupta, R.C.; Punia, R.; Kaushik, T.K. 2011. A peep into the last lurking live relics of tortoises in Haryana State in India. Journal of Experimental Zoology India 14(1): 35-38.
Ishwar, N.M. 2003. The continued existence of Melanochelys trijuga coronata in Kerala, southern India. Reptile RAP 5: 1.
Jadhav, T.D.; Sawant, N.S.; Shyama, S.K. 2018. Diversity and distribution of freshwater turtles (Reptilia: Testudines) in Goa, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(9): 12194-12202.
Javed, S.; Hanfee, F. 1995. Freshwater turtles of Dudhwa National Park and their conservation. Hamadryad 20: 21-26.
Karunarathna, D.M.S.S.; Amarasinghe, A.A.T. 2012. Rescue actions of the 'Black Turtle' Melanochelys trijuga thermalis (Reptilia: Bataguridae) from Sri Lanka. Herpetotropicos 7(1-2): 17-19.
Krishnakumar, K.; Raghavan, R.; Pereira, B. 2009. Protected on paper, hunted in wetlands: exploitation and trade of freshwater turtles (Melanochelys trijuga coronata and Lissemys punctata punctata) in Punnamada, Kerala, India. Tropical Conservation Science 2(3): 363-373.
Manakadan, R.; Sivakumar, S. 2003. One-eyed pond terrapin Melanochelys trijuga (Schweigger) in Sriharikota Island, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Cobra (Chennai) 53: 20-21.
McCann, C. 1937. Notes on the pond terrapin (Geoemyda t. trijuga) in Salsette Island. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 89: 423.
Mitchell, J.C.; Rhodin, A.G.J. 1996. Observations on the natural history and exploitation of the turtles of Nepal, with life history notes on Melanochelys trijuga. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(1): 66-72.
Mukherjee, D.; Nixon, A.M.A.; Bhupathy, S. 2006. Observations on the morphometry of two subspecies of Melanochelys trijuga from the Western Ghats, southwestern India. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 9: 7-9.
Nickl, S. 2015. Haltung und Nachzucht der Schwarzbauch-Erdschildkröte (Melanochelys trijuga thermalis) im Terrarium. Marginata 45: ?
Pal, A.; Dey, S.; Roy, U.S. 2012. Seasonal diversity and abundance of herpetofauna in and around an industrial city of West Bengal, India. Journal of Applied Sciences in Environmental Sanitation 7(4): 281-286.
Pendharkar, A.; Jenner, T. 1995. Occurrence of the Indian black turtle Melanochelys trijuga in Simbalbara Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 91(3) [1994]: 461-462.
Platt, S.G.; Khaing, S.T.; Win, K.K.; Kalyar 2001. 19. Distributional notes on the turtles of western Myanmar. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 98(1): 117-120.
Platt, S.G.; Platt, K.; Myo, K.M.; Moe, K.; Soe, M.M.; Naing, T.Z.; Lin, N.; Rainwater, T.R. 2013. Noteworthy records of chelonians from the Chindwin River Basin and Naga Hills of western Myanmar. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8(2): 335-350.
Praschag, R. 1999. Schildkröten und Krokodile in der Natur und in Schaustellungen. Teil 2. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 52(6): 37-41.
Premkishore, G.; Chandran, M.R. 1996. Nesting studies of two freshwater turtles (Lissemys punctata punctata and Melanochelys trijuga trijuga) of Tamil Nadu, India, in the context of their conservation. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale 17(3): 99-104.
Rajarathinam, R.; Kalaiarasan, V. 1995. Records of cannibalism in captive reptiles. Cobra (Madras) 22: 22-23.
Rathinasabapathy, B.; Rajarathinam, R.; Kalaiarasan, V. 1993. Observations on the breeding behaviour of the Madras pond tortoise (Melanochelys trijuga). Zoos' Print 8(6): 6-7.
Saikia, U.; Mehta, H.S.; Sharma, D.K. 2010. New distributional record of Eastern Black Turtle, Melanochelys trijuga indopeninsularis from Simbalwara Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh. Indian Forester 136(2): 273-275.
Selvaraj, G. 2012. Herpetoculture notes: Tomistoma schlegelii (False Gharial). Diet. Herpetological Review 43(4): 608-609.
Sharath, B.K.; Hegde, S.N. 2003. Two new traps for sampling the black pond turtle (Melanochelys trijuga) in the tropical rainforests of the Western Ghats (India). Herpetological Review 34(1): 33-34.
Somaweera, R. 2005. A record of Parker's black turtle Melanochelys trijuga parkeri from the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Reptile RAP 7: 6.
Sundar, V.S. 1984. Notes on nesting activity of the black pond turtle, Melanochelys trijuga trijuga. Hamadryad 9(2): 8-9.
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