Tricarinate hill turtle explained

The tricarinate hill turtle or three-keeled land turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata) is a species of turtle found in northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal.^[1]

Further reading

• Blyth E (1856). "Report on the collections presented by Capt. Berdmore and Mr. Theobald". J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 24 (7): 713–720. (Geomyda tricarinata, new species, p. 714).
• 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. (Nicoria tricarinata, p. 28).
• Busack, Stephen D. (1994). "Melanochelys tricarinata (Tricarinate hill turtle). India: Uttar Pradesh". Herpetological Review 25 (1): 32.
• Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. . (Melanochelys tricarinata, p. 127).
• Smith MA (1931). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. I.—Loricata, Testudines. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxviii + 185 pp. + Plates I-II. (Geoemyda tricarinata, pp. 95–96 + Plate II, figure 1).

Notes and References

1. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Melanochelys&species=tricarinata&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Melanochelys%27%2Cexact%29%29 Melanochelys tricarinata