Batagur trivittata (A zero annual export quota has been established for specimens removed from the wild and traded for commercial purposes

Back in 2009, no one was even sure if any painted terrapins (Batagur borneoensis) were left in Aceh Tamiang.

In 2008, TSA India inspected the Batagur pond at Sajnekhali at the Tiger Reserve headquarters, and captured 13 (eight male and five female) individuals, which led to the rejuvenation of the River Terrapin breeding program by the WBFD.

Gharials – a type of crocodile native to India – and Indian star and roofed tortoises were among the species found in the luggage Wednesday.

We keep releasing river terrapins — Batagur baska, a species closely related to the painted terrapin — in India and Cambodia, that just disappear and then reappear,” Hudson relates.

In Bangladesh, one of the world’s rarest turtles, the Sundarbans river terrapin (Batagur baska), is having another good year.

From the Bhawal National Park facility near Dhaka, Bangladesh, facility manager A.G.J. Morshed reported that the first female B. baska nested on the 20th of April, laying 15 eggs.