Three Striped Roof Turtle

With the typical adult size of barely four inches these are one of the world s smallest turtles.

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. My three striped mud turtle is doing great eating well and maintaining its color. By shai singh tsa s nest protection program for endangered turtles on india s chambal river is in tenth year. 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.

The three striped roofed turtle batagur dhongoka is a species of turtle in the family geoemydidae. Das i the iucn red list of threatened species april 2020 doi. The three striped roofed turtle batagur dhongoka is a species of turtle in the batagurgenus. 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.

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. 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. They are very active learn to recognize their keepers and forage endlessly along the bottom of their tank. Like a musk there can be some skin between plastral seams in some a fairly large head variable degree.

Useful for crushing snails. 3 striped mud turtles have the standard north american mud turtle form factor. Small oval shaped turtle with a fairly well developed two hinged plastron more protection than a musk turtle at the cost of reduced mobility. Protecting nine species and their nesting on chambal river bank in sawai madhopur and dholpur districts will be primary focus areas.