The red crowned roofed turtle batagur kachuga is one of the most endangered of india s 24 freshwater turtle species with only around an estimated 400 breeding females at the last overall survey in 2011 at the end of the rainy season the faces and necks of males develop a spectacular courtship coloration of red yellow white and blue.
Red crowned roofed turtle.
Red list assessment of red crowned roofed turtle batagur kachuga.
The iucn red list of threatened species 2019.
They leave the water to thermoregulate by basking in the sun on rocks logs and sandbanks.
Red crowned roofed turtle is an indian reptile that bears a scientific name batagur kachuga is a species of freshwater turtle endemic to south asia.
The only site with a substantial population of the turtle in india at present is the national chambal river gharial sanctuary.
Adult females lay eggs in march and april.
Its historical range included the ganga river basin and the brahmaputra river basin.
The red crowned roofed turtle batagur kachuga is a species of freshwater turtle endemic to south asia.
Clutch size varies from 11 to 30 eggs.
Red crowned roofed turtle is an indian reptile and it falls in the fresh water turtle family concentrated in asian countries.
It is also found in nepal and bangladesh.
Established in 1964 the iucn red list of threatened species has evolved to become the world s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal fungi and plant species.
The red crowned roofed turtle is native to.
The red crowned roofed turtle is endemic to india.
Red crowned roofed turtle is one of the 24 species endemic to india is characterised by the bright colours such as red yellow white and blue on the faces and necks of the males.
Bengal roof turtle red crowned roofed turtle.
The eggs are 64 75mm 2 3 inches long by 38 46 mm 1 1 in wide.
The diet of red crowned roofed turtles consists entirely of water plants.
It is a freshwater turtle species found in deep flowing rivers with terrestrial nesting sites.
Females can grow to a shell length of.
It was the type species of its former genus kachuga.