Reptilia > Testudines > Cryptodira > Testudinoidea > Geomydidae > Geoemydinae > Batagur
Batagur baska (Gray, 1831) – Northern River Terrapin
Taxonomic Notes:
This species is listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
This species is listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).
The species is aquatic turtle, associated with estuarine rivers with sand banks (Praschag and Singh, 2019). There is very sharp decline in the population occurred, which can be due to subsistence and ritualistic consumption, habitat loss, fishing nets, construction of mega-project related infrastructures (Praschag and Singh, 2019).
Type Locality: India
Rare, known to be distributed in Odisha and West Bengal (Praschag and Singh, 2019).
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).The species is aquatic turtle, associated with estuarine rivers with sand banks (Praschag and Singh, 2019). There is very sharp decline in the population occurred, which can be due to subsistence and ritualistic consumption, habitat loss, fishing nets, construction of mega-project related infrastructures (Praschag and Singh, 2019).
References:
Reptilia > Testudines > Cryptodira > Testudinoidea > Geomydidae > Geoemydinae > Batagur
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Jangid, A.K. and A. Kamdar. 2023. Batagur baska (Gray, 1831) – Northern River Terrapin. Kamdar, A., A, Jangid, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (eds.). Reptiles of India, v. 1.26. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.indianreptiles.org/sp/14/Batagur-baska
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