Carettochelys insculpta

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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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Fly River Turtle, New Guinea Plateless Turtle, Pig-nose Turtle, Pig-nosed 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 (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1982)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Australia; Indonesia; Papua New Guinea

Countries:

Native:

Australia; Indonesia; Papua New Guinea

Population [top]

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.

Conservation Actions [top]

Citation:	Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Carettochelys insculpta. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 November 2008.
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