Burmese roofed turtle [SEP] parent taxon
Burmese roofed turtle
The Burmese roofed turtle ("Batagur trivittata") is one of six species of turtle in the genus "Batagur" of the family Geoemydidae.
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
- "B. kachuga" – red-crowned roofed turtle (formerly in "Kachuga")
- "B. trivittata" – Burmese roofed turtle (formerly in "Kachuga")