Kachuga Explained

Kachuga (roofed turtles) is an obsolete genus formerly used for several species of Asian turtles, now placed in Batagur and Pangshura:

• Batagur dhongoka – three-striped roofed turtle
• Batagur kachuga – red-crowned roofed turtle
• Batagur trivittata – Burmese roofed turtle
• Pangshura smithii – brown roofed turtle
• Pangshura sylhetensis – Assam roofed turtle
• Pangshura tecta – Indian roofed turtle
• Pangshura tentoria – Indian tent turtle