Kachuga Gray 1869 (roofed turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Parent taxon: Batagurinae according to J. W. Bickham 1975

See also Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989 and Frank and Ramus 1996

Sister taxa: Chinemys, Omegachelys

Subtaxa: Kachuga dhongoka Kachuga kachuga Kachuga trivitatta

View classification

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Dang Valley N8 (Miocene of Nepal)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.