Burmese roofed turtle

Burmese roofed turtle
Female
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Batagur
Species:	B. trivittata
Binomial name
Batagur trivittata (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
Synonyms
Emys trivittata Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Batagur trivittata Theobald, 1868 Kachuga peguensis Gray, 1869 Kachuga trilineata Gray, 1869 Kachuga fusca Gray, 1870 Batagur iravadica Anderson, 1879 Clemmys iravadica Boettger, 1888 Kachuga trivittata Boulenger, 1889 Kachuga (Pangshura) trivitata Gurley, 2003 (ex errore)

The Burmese roofed turtle (Batagur trivittata) is one of six species of turtle in the genus Batagur of the Geoemydidae family. It is endemic to Myanmar, but was believed to be extinct until rediscovered in 2002. It remains very rare in the wild (only 5 females are known to exist in the wild), but a conservation project has been successful and several hundred are now kept in the Yadanabon Zoological Gardens in Mandalay and a turtle conservation center in Lawkananda Park, Bagan.

An individual was seen in 2007 in Qingping Market in Guangzhou, China.

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