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The tricarinate hill turtle or three-keeled land turtle (''Melanochelys tricarinata'') is a
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of turtle found in northeastern
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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
.''Melanochelys tricarinata''
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Further reading

* Blyth E (1856). "Report on the collections presented by Capt. Berdmore and Mr. Theobald". ''J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal'' 24 (7): 713–720. (''Geomyda tricarinata'', new species, p. 714). * Boulenger GA (1890). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Reptilia and Batrachia''. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (''Nicoria tricarinata'', p. 28). *Busack, Stephen D. (1994). "''Melanochelys tricarinata'' (Tricarinate hill turtle). India: Uttar Pradesh". ''Herpetological Review'' 25 (1): 32. * Das I (2002). ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. . (''Melanochelys tricarinata'', p. 127). * Smith MA (1931). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. I.—Loricata, Testudines''. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxviii + 185 pp. + Plates I-II. (''Geoemyda tricarinata'', pp. 95–96 + Plate II, figure 1). Reptiles of India Melanochelys Reptiles described in 1856 Taxa named by Edward Blyth {{Turtle-stub