Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Tricarinate hill turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata), recorded as Endangered
Tricarinate hill turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Tricarinate hill turtle

Melanochelys tricarinata

Tricarinate hill turtle is a turtle in the family Geoemydidae — Melanochelys tricarinata, recorded as Endangered and tied to India and Nepal.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Melanochelys tricarinata
Recorded from
India, Nepal
CITES
Appendix I
Taxonomy
Testudines · Geoemydidae · Melanochelys

The turtle

This named form is a turtle. The public files give taxonomy, a photograph, and a threat category — not a monograph.

Range and habitat

The tricarinate hill turtle or three-keeled land turtle is a turtle found in northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal.

GBIF currently lists 78 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix I. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Tricarinate hill turtle is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Tricarinate hill turtle — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q378682 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Tricarinate hill turtle?
Tricarinate hill turtle is a turtle in the family Geoemydidae — Melanochelys tricarinata.
What is the conservation status of Tricarinate hill turtle?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Melanochelys tricarinata. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Tricarinate hill turtle live?
The tricarinate hill turtle or three-keeled land turtle is a turtle found in northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
Why is Tricarinate hill turtle in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Melanochelys tricarinata?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Tricarinate hill turtle a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.