Kura-kura Sungai Brahmin

Kura-kura Sungai Brahmin (Hardella thurjii ) ialah spesies kura-kura dalam keluarga Geoemydidae. Spesies ini berasal dari Asia Selatan.

Kura-kura Sungai Brahmin
Hardella thurjii
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Hardella

Gray, 1870
Spesies:
H. thurjii
Nama binomial
Hardella thurjii
(Gray, 1831)
Sinonim[1]
Hardella thurjii thurjii (Gray, 1831)
  • Emys thuryi
    Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1831
    (nomen oblitum)
  • Emys thurjii
    Gray, 1831
  • Emys thuji
    Gray, 1831
    (ex errore)
  • Emys flavonigra
    Lesson, 1831
  • Emys thugi
    Gray, 1832
    (ex errore)
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) thurgii
    Fitzinger, 1835
    (ex errore)
  • Emys thurgii
    — Gray, 1844
  • Clemmys thurgi
    Strauch, 1862
    (ex errore)
  • Batagur thurgii
    Theobald, 1868
  • Kachuga oldhami
    Gray, 1869
  • Hardella thurgi
    — Gray, 1870
  • Emys thurgi
    Günther, 1871
  • Batagur (Hardella) thurgi
    Anderson, 1879
  • ? Batagur cautleyi
    Lydekker, 1885
  • ? Batagur falconeri
    Lydekker, 1885
  • Hardella thurgii
    Siebenrock, 1906
  • Hardella thurjii
    — Siebenrock, 1909
  • Hardella thurjii thurjii
    Wermuth & Mertens, 1977
  • Hardella thurji
    Pritchard, 1979
    (ex errore)
  • Hardella thurji thurji
    Obst, 1985
Hardella thurjii indi Gray, 1870
  • Hardella indi
    Gray, 1870
  • Hardella thurjii indi
    — Wermuth & Mertens, 1977
  • Hardella thurji indi
    — Obst, 1984
  • Hardella thrrji indi
    Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
    (ex errore)

Taksonomi sunting

Hardella thurjii adalah spesies monotipikal bagi genus Hardella

Taburan sunting

H. thurjii boleh dijumpai di utara India, Pakistan, dan Bangladesh di lembangan saliran sungai Ganges, sungai Brahmaputra, dan Sungai Indus.

Ciri-ciri sunting

H. thurjii mempunyai cangkerang karapas yang besar, lebih rata, bercoklat kehitaman, manakala plastronnya berwarna kuning.[2] Panjang karapasnya adalah 18 inci (460 mm) bagi betina dan lebih pendek pada jantan.[3]

Rujukan sunting

  1. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 223–224. ISSN 1864-5755. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal (PDF) pada 2010-12-17. Dicapai pada 29 May 2012. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (bantuan)
  2. ^ Boulenger GA (1889). Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 311 pp. + Plates I-VI. ASIN: B004QM945U, University of Toronto Libraries, 2001. (Hardella thurgi, pp. 63-66, Figures 18-19).
  3. ^ Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Hardella thurgi, pp. 36-37).