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Chittaranjan, B., Sarma, P. K., & Sharma, D. K. (2010). Status and conservation of assam roofed turtle pangshura sylhetensis in the brahmaputra floodplain, assam, india. NeBIO, 1(3), 42–47.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Chittaranjan2010b View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Geoemydidae, Habitat - habitat, Melanochelys trijuga, Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises, Südasien - Southern Asia Creators: Chittaranjan, Sarma, Sharma Collection: NeBIO |
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This paper reports the present status and ongoing efforts aimed at conservation of the Assam roofed turtle P. sylhetensis along with other freshwater turtles in the floodplain wetlands and rivers of Assam. Efforts have been made to educate people about the significance of chelonian species and its conservation and to start a participatory conservation programme on endangered turtle. An in situ hatchery was set up in a riverine island in the river Brahmaputra, Assam. Attempt was made to protect a few clutches of eggs in 50 wild nests of which 21 (109 eggs) for P. sylhetensis, 21 nests (178 eggs) for P. tentoria, 2 nests (24 eggs) for Nilssonia nigricans and 1 nest (10 eggs) for Nilssonia gangetica. Additionally, more than 300 rescued eggs from mixed species (P. sylhetensis, P. smithii, P. tecta and P. tentoria) were also translocated to the other end of the same hatchery. However, success of 50% hatchlings for P. sylhetensis, 10% for N. nigricans and 8 % for N. gangetica were recorded. But the eggs rescued from the poacher could not produce a single hatchling, might be due to wrong orientation. This model experiment has evoked an excellent response amongst the community and may be useful for conservation.
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