Indian Roofed Turtle Illegal In India

It is found in the major rivers of south asia.

Indian roofed turtle illegal in india.

Wildlife authorities in uttarakhand have arrested a teenager from dehradun after he tried to sell indian roofed turtles an exotic species high demand in the illegal pet trade. Bibroni turtles are currently of threatened status due to hunting by tribes for eggs and meat consumption and trade. He used to find clients through facebook. Bibroni turtles are currently of threatened status due to hunting by tribes for eggs and meat consumption and trade.

This shocking number shows that every year 11 000 of these reptiles were smuggled. Turtleforum representative image. Clandestine fisheries and drowning in fishing nets poaching and illegal trade sand mining aquatic pollution hydrological changes action. It is illegal to keep indian roofed turtles as pets but i only think this is because they are smuggled abroad so therefore they are now a protected species in india.

The indian roofed turtle pangshura tecta is a species of turtle in the family geoemydidae. Ganges soft shelled turtle trionyx gangeticus. Only 10 species of turtles are banned in india from keeping as pets. In october 2019 wildlife trade monitoring network traffic released a report which claimed that over the past decade since september 2009 at least more than 1 lakh freshwater turtles and tortoises were poached in illegal trade.

It is a common pet in the indian subcontinent. The boy identified as mohit garg had posted an advertisement on olx to sell these protected species. Here are the species that are illegal to keep as pets or trade in india. It can be distinguished by the distinct roof at the topmost part of the shell.

An investigative report published last year by the hague based ngo wildlife justice commission showed that most turtles feeding the illegal trade came from india along with malaysia and pakistan. An investigative report published last year by the hague based ngo wildlife justice commission showed that most turtles feeding the illegal trade came from india along with malaysia and pakistan. Audithia turtle pelochelys bibroni the p. In 2017 an indian national was arrested in kuala lumpur with briefcases full of 55 live black spotted turtles.

Indian flapshell turtle lissemys punctata low risk indian roofed turtle pangshura tecta low risk indian tent turtle pangshura tentoria low risk chelonian threats.