Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Geoemydidae > Morenia > Morenia petersi

Morenia petersi (Indian Eyed Turtle)

Synonyms: Batagur petersi

Wikipedia Abstract

The Indian eyed turtle (Morenia petersi ) is a species of turtle endemic to South Asia.
View Wikipedia Record: Morenia petersi

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Morenia petersi

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Meghalaya subtropical forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
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

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No

External References

Citations

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