Indian tent turtle

The Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is found in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

Description
P. tentoria is a small species of turtle, growing to a maximum straight carapace length of 27 cm.

Subspecies
Three subspecies of P. tentoria are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
 * Pangshura tentoria tentoria (Gray, 1834)
 * Pangshura tentoria circumdata (Mertens, 1969)
 * Pangshura tentoria flaviventer (Günther, 1864)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pangshura.

Geographic range
P. tentoria is found in Peninsular India, Nepal, and Bangladesh at elevations below 80 m asl.
 * P. t. tentoria – Mahanadi and Godavari river drainages in India (country endemic)
 * P. t. circumdata – upper and central Ganges river drainage in India and southern Nepal
 * P. t. flaviventer – lower Ganges drainage in Bangladesh, India, and southern Nepal

Type locality: "in Indiae Orientalis regione Dukhun [=Deccan] dicta "; restricted by M.A. Smith 1931: 128, to "Dhond, Poona Dist.", India.

Habitat
P. tentoria is primarily a riverine turtle that occurs in both small and large rivers. They bask on rocks and tree snags. Females are largely herbivores while males and juveniles are more carnivorous.

Reproduction
P. tentoria is oviparous.