TY - JOUR AU - Kharel, Milan AU - Chhetry, Damodar Thapa PY - 2013/01/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Turtles of Kankai (Mai) river and their ethno-medicinal uses JF - Nepalese Journal of Biosciences JA - Nepalese J Biosci VL - 2 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.3126/njbs.v2i0.7500 UR - https://nepjol.info/index.php/NJBS/article/view/7500 SP - 126-133 AB - <p>This paper deals with 67 specimens belonging to eight different species out of which 4 species were hard-shelled turtles such as <em>Indotestudo elongata, Melanochyles tricarinata, Melanochyles trijuga </em>and <em>Pangshura flaviventer</em>, while rest of 4 species were soft-shelled turtles such as <em>Lissemys punctata</em>, <em>Aspideretes hurum</em>, <em>Aspideretes gangeticus </em>and <em>Chitra indica. </em>Among all, <em>Lissemys punctata </em>was recorded as widely distributed and most abundant species. Ethno-medicinal uses of turtle by <em>Satar</em>, an indigenous ethnic community of southern Jhapa for human and domestic animals have been documented. Most of the diseases are treated by the use of turtle shell of <em>Lissemys punctata.</em></p> <p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v2i0.7500">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v2i0.7500</a></p> <p><em>Nepalese Journal of Biosciences </em>2 : 126-133 (2012)</p> ER -