12.New record of Spotted Northern Indian Flap-shell Turtle Lissemys punctata andersoni Webb, 1980 (Trionychidae: Testudines: Reptilia) from Chhatarpur district, Bundelkhand region, Madhya Pradesh (India), with distribution and zoogeography of subspecies |
Akhlaq Husain and Ashwani Kumar Dubey |
The paper deals with new records of Lissemys punctata andersoni, the Spotted Northern Indian Flap-shell Turtle, belonging to family Trionychidae under order Testudines and class Reptilia, from Chhatarpur district, Bundelkhand region, Madhya Pradesh (India), with its systematic account, distribution, other aspects and zoogeography of subspecies. References on reptiles of Madhya Pradesh are provided in detail for help to future workers. Keywords: Record, Lissemys punctata andersoni, Chhatarpur. |