Kachuga Kachuga (Gray in Gray & Hardwicke, 1832) Indian Tent Turtle	Diagnostic characters:
	Carapace moderately doomed; oval, brownish-olive in males, dark-brown or black in females; plastron cream or yellow; adult male blue-black head; a broad red patch on forehead, two yellow stripes on sides of head and six red stripes on a cream colored neck; adult females with  yellow or silvery mandibles and dark-brownish-black heads. Carapace: 560mm.
	Habit and Habitat:
	Large rivers, basks on sand banks, rocks and logs
	Diet:
	Feeds on water plants.
	Legal Protection:
	WL (P) A, 1972- None.
	Conservation status and Threats:
	Critically Endangered. Uncommon. Loss of habitat.
	Distribution: Madhya Pradesh: Gwalior (NCS). Elsewhere in India: Northern India.