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Batagur é um gênero de tartarugas de água doce da família Geoemydidae. Ocorre nos rios da Ásia e atualmente encontra-se em perigo crítico de extinção . Taxonomia.
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Batagur baska é uma espécie de réptil da família...
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Batagur is a genus of large turtles from South and Southeast Asia. All members of the genus are seriously threatened. With a recent merger with members from two other genera, this genus has six described species. Species. Batagur affinis – southern river terrapin; Batagur baska – northern river terrapin
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The northern river terrapin is one of Asia's largest freshwater and brackwater turtles, reaching a carapace length of up to 60 cm and a maximum weight of 18 kg. Its carapace is moderately depressed, with a vertebral keel in juveniles. The plastronis large, strongly angulate laterally in the young, convex in the adult. The head is rather small, with...
The species is currently found in Bangladesh and India (in the Sunderbans), Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia and Malaysia. It is regionally extinct in Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. It is strongly aquatic but uses terrestrial nesting sites, frequenting the tidal areas of estuaries, large rivers, and mangrove forests.
The northern river terrapin is omnivorous, taking waterside plants and small animals such as clams.The species prefers freshwater habitats and moves to brackish river mouths or estuaries in the breeding season (December–March), returning after laying their eggs. Individuals have been known to undertake long seasonal migrations of 50 to 60 miles to ...
The species is considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN, principally due to exploitation as a food item (including egg harvesting). Previously, immense numbers were shipped into the fish markets of Calcutta from throughout India; among the Bengali Hindus, the river terrapin was considered the most delectable of all turtles. It is still illegall...
Das, Indraneil (1989). "Batagur baska in Orissya". Hamadryad: The Journal of the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust. 14(1): 2–3.Gray, J.E. (1857). "Notice of some Indian tortoises (including the description of a new species presented to the British Museum by Professor Oldham)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 19(2):...Batagur baska at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database- B. baska
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The painted terrapin, painted batagur, or saw-jawed turtle (Batagur borneoensis) is a species of turtles in the family Geoemydidae. It was formerly in its own genus, Callagur, but has been reclassified to the genus, Batagur.
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The southern river terrapin ( Batagur affinis) [3] is a riverine turtle of the family Geoemydidae found in Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia. [4] Entymology. The Southern River Terrapin derives its common name from its native range of Peninsular Malaysia, located in the southern half of Malaysia.
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The red-crowned roofed turtle or Bengal roof turtle (Batagur kachuga) is a species of freshwater turtle endemic to South Asia. It was the type species of its former genus Kachuga . Females can grow to a shell length of 56 cm (22 in) and weigh 25 kilograms (55 lb), but males are considerably smaller.
