Reptile

Indian roofed turtle

Pangshura tecta

हिन्दी: छत कछुआ, पानी का कछुआ

IUCN: Least Concern

Indian roofed turtles basking together on a log in water

Scientific name: Pangshura tecta
Hindi name: छत कछुआ, पानी का कछुआ
Family: Geoemydidae, order Testudines
Group: Reptile
Conservation status: Least Concern

A turtle with a shell shaped like a sloping roof.

Spot it A high, keeled shell like a roof ridge, with a pink or orange pattern below.
Home Ponds, lakes and slow rivers.
Food web Eats mostly water plants.
Why it matters Helps keep ponds clear by grazing water plants.

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