Once abundant hunting and overexploitation of eggs has driven the population to near extinction with only five or six adult females and two adult males known to exist in the wild today.
Roofed turtle species.
The wildlife conservation society wcs said in a press release this month that the burmese roofed.
The burmese roofed turtle is the second most critically endangered turtle in the world.
Kachuga tecta tecta mertens müller rust 1934.
According to the study by researchers from wcs tsa global wildlife conservation and georgetown university the burmese roofed turtle is a large aquatic herbivorous turtle that is found in.
The burmese roofed turtle is among the species that has faced this toll.
The turtles once basked in the hundreds at the mouth of the irrawaddy river south of yangon myanmar s largest city with a.
The burmese roofed turtle also known as the smiling turtle has been saved from extinction.
It can be distinguished by the distinct roof at the topmost part of the shell.
It is found in the major rivers of south asia.
It was once the second most critically endangered turtle in the world.