Morenia petersi
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Indian Eyed Turtle Morenia petersi is a species of turtle found in northeastern India (as far west as Bihar) and Bangladesh. Named after Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German herpetologist.
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[edit] Description
Very closely allied to Morenia ocellata. Snout much more pointed and relatively longer. Suture between the pectorals not shorter than that between the abdominals. Carapace black, each vertebral with a narrow yellowish mesial line; the last four vertebrals with a yellowish linear horseshoe mark with the ends directed forwards; each costal with an ocellus placed rather low and formed by a narrow yellowish line, above which are some irregular looped lines of similar colour; the nuchal and each marginal with a vertical narrow yellowish mesial streak; plastron yellow. Three yellow streaks on each side of the head, the lower extending from below the nostril to the angle of the mouth.[1] Length of shell: male 5 inches, female 8 inches. Type locality: Huzurapur (Jessore District), Furreedpore and Dacca, Bangladesh.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
[edit] References
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Morenia petersi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 09 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
- Anderson, JOHN 1879 Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1866 and 1875; and a Monograph of the Two Cetacean Genera Platanista and Orcella. Bernard Quaritch, London "1878". Two volumes (Text: 985 pages [herpetology: pages 703-860, 969-975]; Atlas: 85 plates [herpetological plates 55-78, 75A, 75B]).
