First Report of Turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan
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 repre...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | unimas-33412021-06-05T05:36:46Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3341/ First Report of Turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan Wangyal, Jigme Tshelthrim Wangchuk, Dorji Das, Indraneil QL Zoology 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 2012 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3341/1/First.pdf Wangyal, Jigme Tshelthrim and Wangchuk, Dorji and Das, Indraneil (2012) First Report of Turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 11 (2). pp. 268-272. http://www.chelonianjournals.org/doi/abs/10.2744/CCB-0995.1 |
| spellingShingle | QL Zoology Wangyal, Jigme Tshelthrim Wangchuk, Dorji Das, Indraneil First Report of Turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan |
| title | First Report of Turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan |
| title_full | First Report of Turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan |
| title_fullStr | First Report of Turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan |
| title_full_unstemmed | First Report of Turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan |
| title_short | First Report of Turtles from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan |
| title_sort | first report of turtles from the himalayan kingdom of bhutan |
| topic | QL Zoology |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3341/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3341/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3341/1/First.pdf |