Burmese roofed turtle | |
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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] |
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Synonyms[2] | |
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The Burmese roofed turtle (Batagur trivittata) is one of six species of turtle in the genus Batagur of the Geoemydidae family.[1] It is endemic to Myanmar, 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 in 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[edit]
- ^ a b c d e 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 (PDF) on 2010-12-15.
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 226. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ a b 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,[dead link] 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.