EMYSystem Species Page: Kachuga trivittata
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Geoemydidae ()
SubfamilySubfamily no_subfamily ()
GenusGenus Kachuga (Indian Roofed Turtles)
SpeciesSpecies Kachuga trivittata (Burmese Roofed Turtle)
range of species Kachuga trivittata
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Original Description Duméril and Bibron 1835 : 331
Type Locality "Bengale" [= Bengal (in error)]
Syntypes (2 specimens) MNHN 7889; MNHN 7892
Original name Emys trivittata
Common name Burmese Roofed Turtle
Distribution Salween and Irawaddy river basins, Burma (Myanmar)
Comments Subgenus Kachuga. Reviewed by Smith (1931) and Bourret (1941).
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