● It is a species of riverine turtle native to Southeast Asia.It is one of Asia's largest freshwater and breakwater turtles.
● Found in: The species is currently found in Bangladesh and India(in the Sunderbans), Cambodia, Indonesia and Malaysia.It is regionally extinct in Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
● IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered
● CITES: Appendix I
● Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I
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