Platysternon megacephalum

– Endangered

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

REPTILIA

Order:

TESTUDINES

Family:

PLATYSTERNIDAE

Scientific Name:

Platysternon megacephalum

Species Authority:

Gray, 1831

Common Name/s:

English

—

BIG-HEADED TURTLE

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

EN A1d+2d ver 2.3 (1994)

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)

Justification:

Considered Endangered due to specific trade demand in Lao and Viet Nam. It may be either Vulnerable or Endangered in China (main range state). The small populations in Thailand are Vulnerable (OEPP 1997); the situation in Myanmar is unknown.

History:

1996

Data Deficient (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range

Countries:

Native:

China; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats

List of Threats:

3	Harvesting (hunting/gathering) (ongoing)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 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.

Citation:	Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Platysternon megacephalum. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 September 2008.
Disclaimer:	To make use of this information, please check the Copyright and Data Disclaimer.
Feedback:	If you see any errors or have any questions or suggestions on what is shown on this page, please fill in the feedback form so that we can correct or extend the information provided.