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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Geoemydidae
Bibliography of the genus Geoclemys
Biodiversity of the family Geoemydidae








Genus
Geoclemys

South Asian Spotted Pond Turtle

Strahlen-Dreikielschildkröte

Asiatisk Prikket Sumpskildpadde

1856 Geoclemys Gray (type species: Emys hamiltonii Gray 1831)
1865 Geoclemmys Cope [substitute name for Geoclemys Gray 1856] (syn. Fritz & Havas 2006)

Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.

Geoclemys hamiltonii

South Asian Spotted Pond Turtle, Black Pond Turtle, Black Spotted Turtle

Strahlen-Dreikielschildkröte

Asiatisk Prikket Sumpskildpadde

1831 Emys hamiltonii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon
Clemmys hamiltonii Fitzinger 1835
Geoclemys hamiltonii Gray 1856
Damonia hamiltonii Gray 1869
1831 Emys picquotii Lesson (Fritz & Havas 2006)
1884 Melanochelys pictus Murray (Fritz & Havas 2006)

Remarks: Not mentioned for Punjab by Singh, Dutta & Singh (2021). Presence in Nepal needs confirmation (Kästle, Rai & Schleich 2013). Presence in Gujarat needs confirmation (Patel & Vyas 2019).
Distribution: Bangladesh, India (Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), Pakistan.