Indian tent turtle

Indian tent turtle
P. t. tentoria
Chambal River, Uttar Pradesh, India
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Pangshura
Species:
P. tentoria
Binomial name
Pangshura tentoria
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms
Pangshura tentoria tentoria
  • Emys tentoria
    Gray, 1834
  • Batagur (Pangshura) tentoria
    — Gray, 1856
  • ? Emys namadicus
    Theobald, 1860 (nomen nudum)
  • Clemmys tentoria
    Strauch, 1862
  • Pangshura tentoria
    Günther, 1864
  • Pangshura tentori [sic]
    Theobald, 1868 (ex errore)
  • Pangshura tentorium
    — Gray, 1869
  • Emys (Pangshura) tectum var. intermedia
    Blanford, 1870
  • Cuchoa tentoria
    — Gray, 1870
  • Pangshura leithii
    Gray, 1870
  • ? Emys namadica
    Boulenger, 1889
  • Kachuga intermedia
    — Boulenger, 1889
  • Kachuga tectum intermedia
    Annandale, 1912
  • Kachuga tectum tentoria
    M.A. Smith, 1931
  • Kachuga tecta tentoria
    Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934
  • Kachuga tentoria tentoria
    — Pritchard, 1979
  • Pangshura tentoria tentoria
    Das, 2001
  • Kachuga tentnria [sic]
    Artner, 2003 (ex errore)
Pangshura tentoria circumdata
  • Kachuga tecta circumdata
    Mertens, 1969
  • Kachuga tecta circumbata [sic]
    Thelwall, 1971 (ex errore)
  • Kachuga tentoria circumdata
    Pritchard, 1979
  • Pangshura tentoria circumdata
    — Das, 2001
Pangshura tentoria flaviventer
  • Pangshura flaviventer
    Günther, 1864
  • Cuchoa flaviventris [sic]
    Gray, 1870 (ex errore)
  • Kachuga tecta flaviventer
    — Mertens, 1969
  • Kachuga tentoria flaviventer
    Moll, 1987
  • Pangshura tentoria flaviventer
    — Das, 2001

The Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is found in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.