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1 December 2012 First Report of Turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan
Jigme Tshelthrim Wangyal, Dorji Wangchuk, Indraneil Das
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Abstract

Five turtle species, Cuora amboinensis, C. mouhotii, Cyclemys gemeli, Melanochelys tricarinata, and Indotestudo elongata, are reported for the first time from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. The record of C. mouhotii represents a significant range extension to the west; that of C. amboinensis represents a range extension across a political border from the same landscape in adjacent Northeast India; and those of C. gemeli, M. tricarinata, and I. elongata fill geographic gaps in their known distributions. An analysis of distributions of other turtle species in adjacent eastern Nepal and Northeast India suggests that additional country records of turtles may be found in Bhutan, especially in the southern lowlands of the country.

Chelonian Research Foundation
Jigme Tshelthrim Wangyal, Dorji Wangchuk, and Indraneil Das "First Report of Turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11(2), 268-272, (1 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0995.1
Received: 15 August 2011; Published: 1 December 2012
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