Siebenrockiella crassicollis
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
REPTILIA |
TESTUDINES |
GEOEMYDIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Siebenrockiella crassicollis |
| Species Authority: |
(Gray, 1830) |
| Synonym/s: |
Emys crassicollis Gray, 1830
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Vulnerable
A1cd+2cd
ver 2.3
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| Year Published: |
2000 |
| Assessor/s: |
Asian Turtle Trade Working Group |
| Reviewer/s: |
Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority) |
Justification:
Considered Endangered in Cambodia and Viet Nam mainly due to direct exploitation, Vulnerable in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand due to both exploitation and habitat conversion and loss (though it is not listed in 1997 OEPP Red List for Thailand). Official records indicate that 135,000 animals were exported from Malaysia in the first 10 months of 1999 (D. Sharma, pers. comm.).
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Geographic Range
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater |
Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
It is listed on CITES Appendix II.
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Bibliography
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Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group and Asian Turtle Trade Working Group. 2000. Changes to 1996 IUCN Red List Status of Asian Turtle Species. In: P.P. van Dijk, B.L. Stuart and A.G.J. Rhodin (eds). Asian Turtle Trade: Proceedings of a Workshop on Conservation and Trade of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in Asia, pp.156-164. Chelonian Research Monographs 2. Chelonian Research Foundation, Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA.
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