Batagur malais

Scientific name:

Batagur baska

Threat level:

Critically endangered

Authority:

Gray, 1831 "1830-1835"

Common names:

• Four-toed terrapin (English)
• Common batagur (English)
• Batagur (English)
• Galápago batagur (Spanish)

Version:

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)

Justification:

Considered Endangered in peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia; Critically Endangered in Bangladesh and India because the subpopulations are all very small and declining. It is Extinct in the Wild in Thailand (considered CR in OEPP 1997). There are no recent data and it is therefore presumed to be Extinct in Myanmar, Viet Nam and Singapore.

Geographic ranges:

• Bangladesh (Native)
• Cambodia (Native)
• India (Native)
• Indonesia (Native)
• Malaysia (Native)
• Myanmar (Regionally extinct)
• Singapore (Regionally extinct)
• Thailand (Regionally extinct)
• Vietnam (Regionally extinct)

Population trend:

Unknown

Ecosystems

• Terrestrial
• Freshwater

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