Three Striped Roof Turtle

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Three striped roof turtle.

One of the smallest and best species to keep three striped mud turtles kinosternon baurii are a joy to have in a tank. Red crowned roof turtle listed as endangered species as per iucn three striped roof turtle listed as endangered species as per iucn crowned river turtle indian tent turtle indian roofed turtle indian narrow headed soft shell turtle indian softshell turtle indian. Useful for crushing snails. 3 striped mud turtles have the standard north american mud turtle form factor.

By shai singh tsa s nest protection program for endangered turtles on india s chambal river is in tenth year. My three striped mud turtle is doing great eating well and maintaining its color. With the typical adult size of barely four inches these are one of the world s smallest turtles. Red crowned roof turtle and three striped roof turtle are listed as critically endangered in the international union of conservation of nature iucn s red list.

Protecting nine species and their nesting on chambal river bank in sawai madhopur and dholpur districts will be primary focus areas. Like a musk there can be some skin between plastral seams in some a fairly large head variable degree. Das i the iucn red list of threatened species april 2020 doi. He has not grown much because he is done growing.

To date the program has been highly successful protecting early life stages of two threatened species of turtles belonging to the genus batagur the red crowned roof turtle and the three striped roof turtle. Small oval shaped turtle with a fairly well developed two hinged plastron more protection than a musk turtle at the cost of reduced mobility. The three striped roofed turtle batagur dhongoka is a species of turtle in the family geoemydidae. The three striped roof turtle kachuga dhongoka is a species of concern belonging in the species group reptiles and found in the following area s.