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First record of albinism in the Crowned River Turtle, Hardella thurjii, Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Testudines, Geoemydidae)

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  • 1. Turtle Survival Alliance-India, D-1/317 Sector F, Jankipuram, Lucknow-226021, Uttar Pradesh, India & Sreeparna Dutta- Sreeparna.dutta03@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2684-9822 & Pawan Shantiprakash Pareek- pareek.pawan19@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2506-3337 & Arunima Singh- arunima13turtlesurvival@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6622-2245 & Shailendra Singh- Shai@turtlesurvival.org; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6867-4907 & Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Ecological Services Section, 512 SE 25th Ave, Pratt, KS 67301 USA & J. Daren Riedle- Daren.Riedle@ks.gov; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0600-6951
  • 2. Turtle Survival Alliance-India, D-1/317 Sector F, Jankipuram, Lucknow-226021, Uttar Pradesh, India & Sreeparna Dutta- Sreeparna.dutta03@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2684-9822 & Pawan Shantiprakash Pareek- pareek.pawan19@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2506-3337 & Arunima Singh- arunima13turtlesurvival@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6622-2245 & Shailendra Singh- Shai@turtlesurvival.org; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6867-4907
  • 3. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Ecological Services Section, 512 SE 25th Ave, Pratt, KS 67301 USA & J. Daren Riedle- Daren.Riedle@ks.gov; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0600-6951
  • 4. Turtle Survival Alliance-India, D-1/317 Sector F, Jankipuram, Lucknow-226021, Uttar Pradesh, India & Sreeparna Dutta- Sreeparna.dutta03@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2684-9822 & Pawan Shantiprakash Pareek- pareek.pawan19@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2506-3337 & Arunima Singh- arunima13turtlesurvival@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6622-2245 & Shailendra Singh- Shai@turtlesurvival.org; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6867-4907 & Shailendra Singh- Shai@turtlesurvival.org; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6867-4907

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Dutta, Sreeparna, Pareek, Pawan Shantiprakash, Singh, Arunima, Riedle, J. Daren, Singh, Shailendra (2022): First record of albinism in the Crowned River Turtle, Hardella thurjii, Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Testudines, Geoemydidae). Zootaxa 5091 (1): 197-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.1.10

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