Editing Ganges (section)

===Crocodilians and turtles===
[[File:Gavialis gangeticus, ZOO Praha 045.jpg|thumb|The threatened [[gharial]] (''Gavialis gangeticus'') is a large fish-eating [[crocodilian]] that is harmless to humans<ref>{{cite web | title=Gharial biology | publisher=Gharial Conservation Alliance | url=http://www.gharialconservationalliance.org/?page_id=216 | access-date=12 September 2017 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414200745/http://www.gharialconservationalliance.org/?page_id=216 | archive-date=14 April 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>]]

The main sections of the Ganges River are home to the [[gharial]] (''Gavialis gangeticus'') and [[mugger crocodile]] (''Crocodylus palustris''), and the Ganges delta is home to the [[saltwater crocodile]] (''C. porosus''). Among the numerous aquatic and semi-aquatic turtles in the Ganges basin are the [[northern river terrapin]] (''Batagur baska''; only in the lowermost section of the basin), [[three-striped roofed turtle]] (''B. dhongoka''), [[red-crowned roofed turtle]] (''B. kachuga''), [[black pond turtle]] (''Geoclemys hamiltonii''), [[Brahminy river turtle]] (''Hardella thurjii''), [[Indian black turtle]] (''Melanochelys trijuga''), [[Indian eyed turtle]] (''Morenia petersi''), [[brown roofed turtle]] (''Pangshura smithii''), [[Indian roofed turtle]] (''Pangshura tecta''), [[Indian tent turtle]] (''Pangshura tentoria''), [[Indian flapshell turtle]] (''Lissemys punctata''), [[Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle]] (''Chitra indica''), [[Indian softshell turtle]] (''Nilssonia gangetica''), [[Indian peacock softshell turtle]] (''N. hurum'') and [[Cantor's giant softshell turtle]] (''Pelochelys cantorii''; only in the lowermost section of Ganges basin).<ref name=turtles>{{cite book |editor1=Rhodin |editor2=Pritchard |editor3=Dijk |editor4=Saumure |editor5=Buhlmann |editor6=Iverson |editor7=Mittermeier  | title=Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group |author1=van Dijk |author2=Iverson |author3=Rhodin |author4=Shaffer |author5=Bour  |s2cid=88824499 | chapter=Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with Maps, and Conservation Status | year=2014 | publisher=IUCN | volume=5 | doi=10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 | series=Chelonian Research Monographs | isbn=978-0965354097 }}</ref> Most of these are seriously threatened.<ref name=turtles/>