Indian Flapshell Turtle ( Lissemys punctata andersoni) 25 February 2016. Sultanpur National Park, Gurgaon County, Haryana, IN
![]() Canon PowerShot SX50 HS ![]() Three subspecies are recognized. This is presumably L. p. andersoni, the Spotted Northern Indian Flapshell Turtle or possibly an integrade with nominate. Digiscoped with Panasonic DMC-LX5 | Nikon FieldScope III | 30XWA | hand-held (no adapter) Reference: Bhupathy, S., Webb, R.G, and Praschag, P. 2014. Lissemys punctata (Bonnaterre 1789) - Indian Flapshell Turtle. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 076.1-12, doi:10.3854/crm.5.076.punctata.v1.2014, http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/. Prashag, P. , Stuckas, H., Packert, M., Maran, J. and Fritz, U. (2011) Mitochondrial DNA sequences suggest a revised taxonomy of Asian flapshell turtles (Lissemys SMITH, 1931) and the validity of previously unrecognized taxa (Testudines: Trionychidae). Vertebrate Zoology 61:147-160 |