Pangshura tectum (Gray, 1831) Indian Roofed Tuttle	Diagnostic characters:
	Females larger than males; carapace elevated, oval with distinct vertebral keel; third vertebral shield much elevated and spike like; fourth vertebral shield longer than other shield. Posterior margin of carapace is not much serrated. The plastron is almost as long as the carapace olivaceous with minute black spots with orange or reddish vertebral stripes. Head blackish, temporal region marked with thin orange or yellow lines. Carapace: 180mm.
	Habit and Habitat:
	Aquatic; inhabit standing water bodies, in ponds and pools with aquatic vegetation; also sometimes seen in rivers.
	Diet:
	Insects, fishes and aquatic plants.
	Legal Protection:
	WL (P) A, 1972- None.
	Conservation status and Threats:
	Least Concern. Uncommon. Loss of habitat.
	Distribution: Madhya Pradesh: Gwalior (NCS) and Shajapur. Elsewhere in India: Odisha, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Utter Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Jammu and Kashmir. Elsewhere outside: Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan