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Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Batagur
Species:	dhongoka
Synonyms
Emys dhongoka Gray, 1832 Emys duvaucelii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Emys duvaucellii [sic] Gray, 1844 (ex errore) Batagur (Kachuga) dhongoka — Gray, 1856 Clemmys dhongoka — Strauch, 1862 Kachuga hardwickii Gray, 1869 Dhongoka hardwickii — Gray, 1870 Batagur dhougoka [sic] Gray, 1873 (ex errore) Dhougoka hardwickii — Gray, 1873 Emys duvancellii [sic] Gray, 1873 (ex errore) Batagur durandi Lydekker, 1885 Kachuga dhongoka — Boulenger, 1889 Batagur duvaucelii — Anderson, 1879 Emys duvauceli [sic] M.A. Smith, 1931 (ex errore) Kachuga dhongoca [sic] Tikader & Sharma, 1985 (ex errore) Kachuga drongoka [sic] Moll, 1986 (ex errore)

The three-striped roofed turtle (Batagur dhongoka) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to South Asia.

Geographic range

The three-striped roofed turtle is found in Bangladesh, India (Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), and possibly in Nepal.

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