भारतीय प्राणी सर्वेक्षण

Zoological Survey Of India

भारत सरकार
Government of India
पर्यावरण, वन और जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रालय
Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change

Handbook and
Pictorial Guides

H Indian Testudines

Tikader, B. K. and Sharma, R. C.

Edition 2 | pp 1 - 156 | November 1995
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Foreword
Editor Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Phylogeny
Geographical Distribution
Historical Review
Systematic Account Order Testudines
- Suborder Cryptodira
  - Key to the Families of the Order Testudines
    - Family I. Cheloniidae
      - Key to Genera of the Family cheloniidae
        
        Loggerhead Sea Turtle 1. Caretta caretta (L.)
        
        Green Sea Turtle 2. Chelonia mydas (L.)
        
        Hawksbill Sea Turtle 3. Eretmochelys imbricata (L.)
        
        Olive Ridley Turtle 4. Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschs.)
        
        Family II. Dermochelyidae Leatherback Sea Turtle 5. Dermochelys coriacea (L.)
        
        Family III. Emydidae Key to Genera of the Family Emydidae
        
        Batagur/River Terrapin 6. Batagur baska (Gray)
        
        Brahminy River Turtle 7. Hardella thurgi (Gray)
        
        Key to Species of the Genus Kachuga Dhongoka Turtle 8. Kachuga dhongoka (Gray)
        
        Bengal Roofed Turtle 9. K. kachuga (Gray)
        
        Brown River Turtle 10. K. smithi (Gray)
        
        Assam Saw-back Turtle 11. K. sylhetensis (Jerdon)
        
        North Indian Roofed Turtle 12. K. tecta (Gray)
        
        South Indian Roofed Turtle 13. K. tentoria (Gray)
        
        North Indian Freshwater Tortoise 14. Geoclemys hamiltoni (Gray)
        
        Garo & Khasi Hill Tortoise 15. Cyclemys dentata (Gray)
        
        Assam Freshwater Tortoise 16. C. mouhoti Gray
        
        Kavalai Forest Turtle 17. Heosemys silvatica (Henderson)
        
        Three Keeled Tortoise 18. Melanochelys tricarinata (Blyth)
        
        Indian Snail-eating Turtle 19. M. trijuga trijuga (Schw.)
        
        Indian Snail-eating Turtle 20. M. t. coronata (Anderson)
        
        Indian Snail-eating Turtle 21. M. t. indopeninsularis (Annandale)
        
        Indian Snail-eating Turtle 22. M. t. thermalis (Lesson)
        
        Family IV. Testudinidae Key to Species of the Genus Geochelone
        
        Indian Starred Tortoise 23. Geochelone elegans (Schoepff)
        
        Yellow Tortoise 24. G. elongata (Blyth)
        
        Travancore Tortoise 25. G. travancorica (Boulenger)
        
        Assam Land Tortoise 26. G. emys (Sch. & Muell.)
        
        Family V. Trionychidae Key to Genera of the Family Trionychidae
        
        North Indian Flap-shelled Turtle 27. Lissemys punctata punctata (Lacepede)
        
        Southern Flap-shelled Turtle 28. L. punctata granosa (Schoepff)
        
        Narrow-headed Soft-shelled Turtle 29. Chitra indica (Gray)
        
        Key to Species of the Genus Trionyx Ganga-Soft-shelled Turtle 30. Trionyx gangeticus Cuvier
        
        Peninsular Soft-Shelled Turtle 31. T. leithi Gray
        
        Peacock-marked Soft-shelled Turtle 32. T. hurum Gray
        
        Bibliography
        
        Glossary
        
        Alphabetical Index