A doomed soft shell turtle with plastron flaps. Shell oval, with hinged anterior lobe of cream or pale-yellow plastron; a pair of flaps; carapace olive-green with numerous black-bordered yellow spots, irregularly arranged and with a light-yellow marginal rim; head is moderately large; the snout is very short. Carapace: 350mm.
Habit and Habitat:
Inhabits in ponds, rivers, rice fields, muddy ditches, lakes and marshes
Diet
Carnivorous and feeds on animal corpses, frogs, fishes, tadpoles, shrimps and snails.
Legal Protection:
WL (P) A, 1972- Schedule I.
Conservation status and Threats:
Least Concern.Uncommon. Loss of habitat.
Distribution: Madhya Pradesh: throughout. Elsewhere in India: Throughout. Elsewhere outside: Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and northern Myanmar.
SPECIES OF TURTLES & TORTOISES FOUND IN MADHYA PRADESH
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