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Emys kachuga (Red-crowned roofed turtle)

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Emys kachuga was named by Gray (1831). It is extant.

It was recombined as Batagur kachuga by van Dijk et al. (2014), Garbin et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Emys kachuga Gray
1885Batagur bakeri Lydekker
1962Batagur ellioti Gray
2014Batagur kachuga van Dijk et al.
2020Batagur kachuga Garbin et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
genusEmysDumeril 1806
specieskachugaGray 1831

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Emys kachuga Gray 1831 [Red-crowned roofed turtle]
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Garbin et al. 2020Batagur kachuga can be differentiated from other species of Batagur by the presence of an elongated fourth vertebral scute that covers the fourth to eighth neural bones and second and third vertebral scutes with straight lateral margins.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:20:16
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:20:16
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available