{"id":104810,"date":"2026-05-24T13:53:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=104810"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:09:18","slug":"himalayan-tricarinate-hill-turtle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/himalayan-tricarinate-hill-turtle\/","title":{"rendered":"Himalayan Tricarinate Hill Turtle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Himalayan Tricarinate Hill Turtle Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forest officials recently found the rare Himalayan Tricarinate Hill Turtle in the Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve forests of Chhattisgarh, marking an unusual sighting of the Himalayan species in central India. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Himalayan Tricarinate Hill Turtle<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>small<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>terrestrial turtle species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belonging to the family Geoemydidae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It derives its name from the <\/span><b>three distinct keels on its shell,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which provide it with a striking appearance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Melanochelys tricarinata\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Himalayan Tricarinate Hill Turtle <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found along the <\/span><b>narrow sub-Himalayan belt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, stretching across <\/span><b>northeastern India, southern Nepal, southern Bhutan,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>northern Bangladesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species primarily inhabits <\/span><b>temperate forests,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as <\/span><b>grasslands and foothills of the Himalayas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Himalayan Tricarinate Hill Turtle <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is characterised by a <\/span><b>highly domed carapace <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with three longitudinal keels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a<\/span><b> small olive-to-dark coloured head<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a narrow snout.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>scaly limbs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adapted <\/span><b>for terrestrial movement.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Himalayan Tricarinate Hill Turtle <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Endangered<\/b>&#8216; under the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/iucn-red-list\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IUCN Red List<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/raipur\/elusive-turtle-from-himalayas-turns-up-in-cg-tiger-reserve-surprising-forest-officials\/articleshow\/131281323.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himalayan Tricarinate Hill Turtle is a small, terrestrial turtle species belonging to the family Geoemydidae. 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