Burmese roofed turtle

Burmese roofed turtle
Female
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Geoemydidae[1]
Genus: Batagur[1]
Species: B. trivittata
Binomial name
Batagur trivittata
(Duméril & Bibron, 1835)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Emys trivittata Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Batagur trivittata Theobald, 1868
  • Kachuga peguensis Gray, 1869
  • Kachuga trilineata Gray, 1869
  • Kachuga fusca Gray, 1870
  • Batagur iravadica Anderson, 1879
  • Clemmys iravadica Boettger, 1888
  • Kachuga trivittata Boulenger, 1889
  • Kachuga (Pangshura) trivitata Gurley, 2003 (ex errore)

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. 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. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15.
  2. 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. 3.0 3.1 Turtle Survival Alliance (8 April 2011). TSA Board Members Inspect the New Facilities in Myanmar. Accessed 27 March 2012.
  4. 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)