Educational resources on Assam Roofed Turtle

Assam Roofed Turtle or Kachuga sylhetensis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to B1+2c. IUCN Profile of the Assam Roofed Turtle

Academic web links for the Assam Roofed Turtle.

EMYSystem Species Page: Kachuga sylhetensis (Assam Roofed Turtle)
Original Description: Jerdon 1870: 69: Type Locality "from the stream that runs from the Terria Ghat at the foot of the Khasi hills" [Sylhet district
emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Kachugasylhetensis/Kachugasylhetensis.html

EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Kachuga sylhetensis (Assam Roofed ...
Original Description Jerdon 1870: 69 Syntypes (3 specimens) BMNH 1947.3.4.22; BMNH 1947.3.4.62; BMNH 1947.3.4.63 Type Locality "from the stream that runs from the Terria Ghat at
emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/species/Kachugasylhetensis/Kachugasylhetensis.html

ADW: Kachuga sylhetensis: Classification
Kachuga sylhetensis (Assam roofed turtle) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Kachuga_sylhetensis.html

ADW: Kachuga sylhetensis: Classification
Kachuga sylhetensis (Assam roofed turtle) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/path/Kachuga_sylhetensis.html

EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Kachuga (Indian Roofed Turtles)
...species list K. dhongoka (Three-striped Roofed Turtle) K. kachuga (Red-crowned Roofed Turtle) K. smithii (Brown Roofed Turtle) K. sylhetensis (Assam Roofed Turtle)
emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/genus/Kachuga/Kachuga.html

PowerPoint Presentation
39 spp. of reptiles including the endangered Gharial, the rare Assam Roofed Turtle, Reticulated and Rock Pythons. Almost 500 species of birds are found.
www.ias.sdsmt.edu/PVS/INDOFLUX/Presentations/14.07.06/session1/KKB_Kaziranga.ppt

James Mudge
The park is well known for its rare and endangered wildlife which is not found anywhere else in the world like the Assam Roofed Turtle, Hispid Hare, Golden Langur and Pygmy Hog.
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Manas_National_Park&...

World Turtle Database
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Martin Luther King Jr.
...that Manas National Park is well know for its rare and endangered wildlife which is not found anywhere else in the world like the Assam Roofed Turtle, Hispid Hare, Golden Langur and
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Portal%3AIndian_wildlife&...

James Mudge
Other reptiles include fifteen species of turtle, such as the endemic Assam Roofed Turtle and one species of tortoise, the Brown Tortoise. [31] 42 species of fish are found in the area
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Kaziranga_National_Park&...