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Indian flapshell turtle Taken near my home in Mangalore Indian black turtle,Melanochelys trijuga Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies intro

Indian flapshell turtle

Taken near my home in Mangalore

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  1. Welcome to JungleDragon, Santhosh! Awesome that you first photo is such a great species introduction (first photo of this species on the site). Well done, and keep up the good work. Promoted to homepage. Posted 11 years ago
    1. Thanks fchristant. :) Posted 11 years ago
  2. Nice composition, keep sharing. Posted 11 years ago
  3. This does not look like an India Flapshell Turtle based on its nose. Posted 10 years ago

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Indian black turtle or Indian pond terrapin is a species of turtle found in South Asia.
it is a medium sized fresh water turtle. despite its name the color of its upper shell or carapace varies largely from reddish to dark brown and black with yellow streaks running along its length.the underside or plastron is uniformly brown in color. the face of this turtle may have yellow or orange marks and spots with the color of this marks varying form 1 sub species to another. It has 6 identified sub.. more

Similar species: Turtles And Tortoises
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Santhosh Mehta

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Uploaded Nov 29, 2013. Captured Oct 26, 2013 13:56.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/3158s
  • ISO6400
  • 179mm