Carettochelys insculpta

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	CARETTOCHELYIDAE

Scientific Name:

Carettochelys insculpta

Species Authority:

Ramsay, 1886

Common Name/s:

English

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Pig-nosed Turtle, Fly River Turtle, New Guinea Plateless Turtle, Pig-nose Turtle, Pitted-shell Turtle

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1bd ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

2000

Assessor/s

Asian Turtle Trade Working Group

Evaluator/s:

Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)

History:

1996	–	Vulnerable
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN)
1990	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Insufficiently Known
1986	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Insufficiently Known

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Australia; Indonesia; Papua New Guinea

Countries:

Native:

Australia; Indonesia; Papua New Guinea

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Terrestrial nest sites
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is exported in large numbers for the international live animal trade from southern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is heavily exploited and locally consumed in Papua New Guinea and endangered by habitat loss and degradation in Australia.

Major Threat(s):

This species is exported in large numbers for the international live animal trade from southern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is heavily exploited and locally consumed in Papua New Guinea and endangered by habitat loss and degradation in Australia.

Citation:	Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Carettochelys insculpta. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 November 2009.
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