| Northern river terrapin
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| Male in breeding colours
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Reptilia
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| Order:
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Testudines
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| Suborder:
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Cryptodira
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| Family:
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Geoemydidae
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| Genus:
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Batagur
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| Species:
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B. baska
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| Binomial name
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Batagur baska
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| Synonyms
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- Emys baska Gray, 1830
- Emys batagur Gray, 1831
- Testudo baska Gray, 1831
- Trionyx (Tetraonyx) cuvieri Gray, 1831
- Tetronyx longicollis Lesson, 1834
- Tetronyx baska Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Tetraonyx lessonii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Tetraonyx longicollis Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Clemmys (Clemmys) batagur Fitzinger, 1835
- Hydraspis (Tetronyx) lessonii Fitzinger, 1835
- Emys tetraonyx Temminck & Schlegel, 1835
- Tetraonyx batagur Gray, 1844
- Batagur (Batagur) baska Gray, 1856
- Clemmys longicollis Strauch, 1862
- Tetraonyx baska Gray, 1869
- Batagur batagur Lindholm, 1929
- Tetraonyx lessoni Bourret, 1941 (ex errore)
- Batagur ranongensis Nutaphand, 1979
- Batagur basca Anan'eva, 1988 (ex errore)
- Batagur batagur batagur Joseph-Ouni, 2004
- Batagur batagur ranongensis Joseph-Ouni, 2004
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The northern river terrapin (Batagur baska) is a species of riverine turtle native to Southeast Asia. It has been classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List and considered extinct in much of its former range; as of 2018, the population in the wild was estimated at 100 mature individuals.