Batagur affinis, Southern River Terrapin
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Batagur affinis   (Cantor, 1847)

Southern River Terrapin
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Not assigned | Testudines | Geoemydidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

; Γλυκού νερού.  Tropical

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia (Sumatra), southern Malay Peninsula (southern Thailand and West Malaysia), Singapore (extirpated, reintroduced), Vietnam (extirpated).

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 62.5 cm CL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 128071); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 38.0 kg (Αναφ. 128071)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Found in estuaries, inhabiting tidal regions of large rivers. Although wild terrapins are omnivores, the majority of their diet consists of leafy vegetation and fruits (Refs. 128071, 128076). This species is heavily exploited both for its flesh and its large eggs, and also threatened by habitat destruction. It is severely depleted throughout its range and extirpated from many of their historical habitats (Ref. 128071). Found in estuaries, inhabiting tidal regions of large rivers. This species has limited physiological adaptability to high saline concentrations (not more than 20 ppt). Main nesting period occurs during dry season (November to March) when sand banks emerge (Ref. 128071).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Moll, E.O., S.G. Platt, E.H. Chan, B.D. Horne, K. Platt, P. Praschag, P.N. Chen and P.P. van Dijk 2015 Batagur affinis (Cantor 1847) - Southern River Terrapin, Tuntong In: Rhodin, A.G.J.; Pritchard, P.C.H.; van Dijk, P.P.; Saumure, R.A.; Buhlmann, K.A.; Iverson, J.B.; Mittermeier, R.A. (eds). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(8):090.1-17. (Αναφ. 128071)

IUCN Red List Status (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bcd+4bcd); Date assessed: 14 March 2018

CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)


CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Αναφορές

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Αναφ. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100).