Geoclemys hamiltonii

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	GEOEMYDIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Gray, 1830)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Black Pond Turtle, Black Spotted Turtle, Hamilton's Terrapin, Spotted Pond Turtle
French	–	Géoclemmyde D' Hamilton, Tortue De Hamilton
Spanish	–	Galápago Rayado

Synonym/s:

Emys hamiltonii Gray, 1830

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1d+2d 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 Bangladesh; Vulnerable in India; and no information was available for Nepal or Pakistan.

History:

1994	–	Indeterminate (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Indeterminate (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)

Countries:	Native: Bangladesh; India; Nepal; Pakistan
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Systems:	Freshwater

Systems:

Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	Traded in some numbers in international consumption trade despite listing on CITES Appendix I.

Major Threat(s):

Traded in some numbers in international consumption trade despite listing on CITES Appendix I.

Conservation Actions:	On CITES Appendix I.

Conservation Actions:

On CITES Appendix I.

Citation:	Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Geoclemys hamiltonii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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