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Batagur baska

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA TESTUDINES GEOEMYDIDAE

Scientific Name: Batagur baska
Species Authority: (Gray, 1830)
Common Name/s:
English – Batagur, Common Batagur, Four-toed Terrapin, River Terrapin
French – Batagur Malais
Spanish – Galápago Batagur
Synonym/s:
Emys baska Gray, 1830

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered A1cd ver 2.3
Year Published: 2000
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Asian Turtle Trade Working Group
Reviewer/s: Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Considered Endangered in peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia; Critically Endangered in Bangladesh and India because the subpopulations are all very small and declining. It is Extinct in the Wild in Thailand (considered CR in OEPP 1997). There are no recent data and it is therefore presumed to be Extinct in Myanmar, Viet Nam and Singapore.
History:
1996 – Endangered
1994 – Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Malaysia
Regionally extinct:
Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Terrestrial nest sites (sandbars and riverbanks). Also tidal areas of large river estuaries.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Illegally exported from Indonesia and traded in substantial numbers in China despite a CITES I listing. It occurs in small populations over its range.
Citation: Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Batagur baska. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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