Brahminy river turtle

Brahminy river turtle
	Hardella thurjii
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Geoemydidae
Subfamily:	Geoemydinae
Genus:	Hardella; Gray, 1870
Species:	H. thurjii
Binomial name
	Hardella thurjii; (Gray, 1831)
Synonyms
	Hardella thurjii thurjii (Gray, 1831) Emys thuryi ; Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1831 ; (nomen oblitum); Emys thurjii ; Gray, 1831; Emys thuji ; Gray, 1831 ; (ex errore); Emys flavonigra ; Lesson, 1831; Emys thugi ; Gray, 1832 ; (ex errore); Clemmys (Clemmys) thurgii ; Fitzinger, 1835 ; (ex errore); Emys thurgii ; — Gray, 1844; Clemmys thurgi ; Strauch, 1862 ; (ex errore); Batagur thurgii ; — Theobald, 1868; Kachuga oldhami ; Gray, 1869; Hardella thurgi ; — Gray, 1870; Emys thurgi ; — Günther, 1871; Batagur (Hardella) thurgi ; — Anderson, 1879; ? Batagur cautleyi ; Lydekker, 1885; ? Batagur falconeri ; Lydekker, 1885; Hardella thurgii ; — Siebenrock, 1906; Hardella thurjii ; — Siebenrock, 1909; Hardella thurjii thurjii ; — Wermuth & Mertens, 1977; Hardella thurji ; Pritchard, 1979 ; (ex errore); Hardella thurji thurji ; — Obst, 1985; Hardella thurjii indi Gray, 1870 Hardella indi ; Gray, 1870; Hardella thurjii indi ; — Wermuth & Mertens, 1977; Hardella thurji indi ; — Obst, 1984; Hardella thrrji indi ; Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993 ; (ex errore);

The brahminy river turtle or crowned river turtle (Hardella thurjii) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to South Asia.