Morphometry of indian roofed turtle, Pangshura tecta (Gray 1831) in Bangladesh

Authors

  • Md Lokman Hossain Department of Zoology, Dhaka College, Dhaka, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
  • Shorab Uddin Sarker Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • Noor Jahan Sarker Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v41i2.23323

Keywords:

Morphometry, Indian roofed turtle, Pangshura tecta

Abstract

Morphometric study was conducted on Indian roofed turtle, Pangshura tecta, between January 1997 and December 2000 in several district of Bangladesh. The mean weight of adult male was 92.6 ± 13.3 g and of female 441.1 ± 185.4 g. The length and width of carapace as well as those of the plastron and the height of the shell varied with the body weight of the turtle. The percentage of hard parts of the body weight of P. tecta was 35.8 ± 2.5 %, whereas percentage of soft parts of the body weight was 64.2 ± 2.5 %. The average weight of the female P. tecta was 4.8 times higher than that of the male.

Bangladesh J. Zool. 41(2): 207-215, 2013

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Author Biography

Md Lokman Hossain, Department of Zoology, Dhaka College, Dhaka, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205



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Published

2015-05-13

How to Cite

Hossain, M. L., Sarker, S. U., & Sarker, N. J. (2015). Morphometry of indian roofed turtle, Pangshura tecta (Gray 1831) in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 41(2), 207–215. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v41i2.23323

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Vol. 41 No. 2 (2013)

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