Indian flapshell turtle
Amazing fact
The Indian flapshell turtle can survive dry periods by lying dormant on land for a long time.
IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
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The Indian flapshell turtle can survive dry periods by lying dormant on land for a long time.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Indian flapshell turtle
- Scientific name
- Lissemys punctata
- Japanese name
- インドハコスッポン
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Trionychidae
- Genus
- Lissemys
This page covers the species; the northern Indian flapshell, Lissemys punctata andersoni, is one of its subspecies.
Those in the north of its range belong to the subspecies called the northern Indian flapshell, which has many yellow spots on its upper shell.
How the Indian flapshell turtle lives
It seems to favor relatively shallow water. It eats both plants and animals. It generally nests from late summer into the monsoon season.
IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist GroupBasic data
- Range
- Pakistan to India and Myanmar, and Sri Lanka
Where the Indian flapshell turtle has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- インドハコスッポン
- 简体中文
- 印度鳖
- 繁體中文
- 緣板鱉
- Français
- Trionix à clapet
- Italiano
- Tartaruga alata indiana
- हिन्दी
- kridev010
- Русский
- Индийская лопастная черепаха
- বাংলা
- সুন্দি কাছিম
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — キタインドハコスッポンChecked: 2026-11-04
- IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group — Lissemys punctata (Bonnaterre 1789) – Indian Flapshell TurtleChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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