Burmese roofed turtle
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Burmese roofed turtle | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Family: | Geoemydidae[1] |
Genus: | Batagur[1] |
Species: | B. trivittata |
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Batagur trivittata (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)[1] | |
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The Burmese roofed turtle (Batagur trivittata) is a species of turtle in the Geoemydidae family.[1] It is endemic to Burma, but was believed to be extinct until rediscovered in 2002.[3] It remains very rare in the wild, but a conservation project has been successful and several hundred are now kept at the Yadanabon Zoological Gardens in Mandalay and a turtle conservation center in Lawkananda Park, Bagan.[3]
An individual was seen in 2007 in Qingping Market in Guangzhou, China.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the world, 2010 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 000.107–000.108. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15.
- ↑ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 226. ISSN 18640-5755. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Turtle Survival Alliance (8 April 2011). TSA Board Members Inspect the New Facilities in Myanmar. Accessed 27 March 2012.
- ↑ Gerald Kuchling, China Market: Turtle market survey in China reveals disturbing number of Myanmar endemics and critically endangered species, Turtle Survival Alliance Magazine, 2007, p. 8-9. (Includes a photo of the specimen)
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Kachuga trivittata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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