Red-crowned roofed turtles, with tacking tags, have been released into the river where they were once found in abundance.

The Chambal River was designated for the conservation of critically endangered gharials in 1979. ... the globally endangered turtle species, primarily found in Chambal, has found a sanctuary here.

The Chambal river landscape is semi-arid. It is in this region, marked by gullies and ravines and spanning three of India’s largest states, that the critically endangered Batagur kachuga turtle ...

Check 5 critically endangered Turtle Species on World Turtle Day 2022. ... On the eve of World Turtle Day 2022, nearly 300 endangered turtles were released into the Chambal River on May 22, 2022.

LUCKNOW: The 'batagur kachhua' (red-crowned roofed turtle), a freshwater species once considered one of Asia’s most endangered, is on the path to revival and is ...

He’s now focussing his attention on ensuring that turtles are not wiped out from the Chambal valley. Once the babies are weighed, the ninjas are ready for their final release.

Environment News: Carcasses of a 10-feet-long female ghariyal and seven turtles were found floating in Chambal river near Patharra Kheda and Lalpura villages that fall ...

India has 34 species of fresh water turtles and tortoises, out of which 10 species of turtles and one species of tortoise have been reported from MP so far. STF is suspecting a bigger turtle ...

To commemorate World Turtle Day, hundreds of hatchlings of the critically endangered red-crowned roofed turtle and three-striped roofed turtle were released in the lower Chambal river area.

Capturing, killing or selling Indian flap shelled pond turtle is punishable under the Act. The shell of this species is believed to be of medicinal value in both China and India.