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Pangshura tecta (Indian Roofed Turtle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Indian roofed turtle (Pangshura tecta), is a species of turtle in the Geoemydidae family. It can be distinguished by the distinct "roof" at the topmost part of the shell. It is found in the major rivers of South Asia. It is a common pet in the Indian Subcontinent.
View Wikipedia Record: Pangshura tecta

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Pangshura tecta

Attributes

Gestation [1]  70 days
Litter Size [2]  8
Maximum Longevity [3]  11 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka No

Prey / Diet

Amblypharyngodon mola (Carplet)[4]
Hydrilla verticillata (waterthyme)[4]
Ipomoea aquatica (Chinese waterspinach)[4]
Pontederia crassipes (common water hyacinth)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Rhinoceros unicornis (Indian rhinoceros)2

Consumers

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
♦ 4Seasonal Variation in Feeding Behaviour of Indian Roofed Turtle, Pangshura tectum in Bangladesh, Md. Lokman Hossain, Shorab Uddin Sarker and Noor Jahan Sarker, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 15 (1) 53-58 June 2008
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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