Pangshura sylhetensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	GEOEMYDIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pangshura sylhetensis

Species Authority:

Jerdon, 1870

Common Name/s:

English

–

Assam Roofed Turtle

Synonym/s:

Kachuga sylhetensis (Jerdon, 1870)

Taxonomic Notes:

Appeared in IUCN Red Lists prior to 2007 under the name Kachuga sylhetensis.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

2000

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Asian Turtle Trade Working Group

Reviewer/s:

Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
The species is considered to be Critically Endangered in India, but the available data are insufficient to justify Critically Endangered across the whole range.

History:

1996	–	Data Deficient
1996	–	Data Deficient
1994	–	Indeterminate (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Indeterminate (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Bangladesh; India
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Systems:

Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This is an extremely rare species known from only a few animals. It apparently occurs scarcely in scattered localities. The forest stream habitat is being impacted by conversion to tea plantations.

Major Threat(s):

This is an extremely rare species known from only a few animals. It apparently occurs scarcely in scattered localities. The forest stream habitat is being impacted by conversion to tea plantations.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Citation:	Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Pangshura sylhetensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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