2006-07-31 14:37:15 · 2 answers · asked by v.ratna k 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
IPOH: River terrapins, once found in huge numbers in Sungai Perak, are facing extinction following a sharp decline in the number of females of the species. Only 25 terrapins landed at the river’s sandy bank to lay eggs during the recent season which ended in February.
The terrapins, which make their way upstream, each lay 20 to 40 eggs per season.
Perak Tengah Wildlife chief Mohd Nazri Idrus said the decline started in 2002.
Then, 68 terrapins came ashore compared with 181 the previous year.
2006-07-31 15:15:33 · answer #1 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://taipingtalk.com/forum/posts/2665.html
http://www.asianturtlenetwork.org/library/news_archives_articles/2005/fun_rewarding_experience_awaits_08_05.htm
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/reptiles/Batagur_baska/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batagur
2006-07-31 21:55:28 · answer #2 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋