Wildlifeof India
Batagur kachuga
Tortoises & Freshwater Turtles
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Batagur kachuga
Basic stats
Range
central Nepal, northern India and Bangladesh, mainly in the Ganges watershed
Batagur kachuga is a river turtle recorded from central Nepal, northern India and Bangladesh, mainly in the Ganges watershed (Reptile Database). The Reptile Database describes it as a freshwater species of rivers and their tributaries.
The Reptile Database gives the type locality as India, restricted to northern India. The account used here gives no further detail on habitat, diet or breeding.
Quick answers
- Where is the Batagur kachuga found?
- central Nepal, northern India and Bangladesh, mainly in the Ganges watershed