Order Testudines Wagler, 1830 - turtles
   Suborder Cryptodira Cope, 1868
     Superfamily Testudinoidea Batsch, 1788
       Family Geoemydidae Theobald, 1868 - Asian river turtles
         Subfamily Geoemydinae Theobald, 1868
           Genus Melanochelys Gray, 1869
             Melanochelys trijuga (Schweigger, 1812) - Indian black turtle
               1 Melanochelys trijuga trijuga (Schweigger, 1812) - Indian black turtle
               2 Melanochelys trijuga coronata (Anderson, 1879) - Cochin black turtle
               3 Melanochelys trijuga edeniana Theobald, 1876 - Burmese black turtle
               4 Melanochelys trijuga indopeninsularis (Annandale, 1913) - Bengal black turtle
               5 Melanochelys trijuga parkeri Deraniyagala, 1939 - Parker's black turtle
               6 Melanochelys trijuga thermalis (Lesson, 1830) - Sri Lanka black turtle