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Pangshura smithii (Brown-roofed Turtle; Brown roofed turtle)

Synonyms: Batagur smithii; Batagur smithii pallidipes; Kachuga smithii

Wikipedia Abstract

The brown roofed turtle (Pangshura smithii) is a species of the Geoemydidae family of turtles found in South Asia. Races \n* P. s. smithii is found in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra River drainages in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. \n* P. s. pallidipes is found in the northern tributaries of the Ganges in India and Nepal.
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Infraspecies

Pangshura smithii pallidipes
Pangshura smithii smithii

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.026 lbs (919 g)
Female Weight [1]  2.026 lbs (919 g)
Gestation [1]  4 months 28 days
Litter Size [2]  7
Maximum Longevity [3]  14 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests Bangladesh, India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Northwestern thorn scrub forests India, Pakistan Indo-Malayan Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Orissa semi-evergreen forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands Bhutan, India, Nepal Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018)
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0