Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Painted terrapin (Batagur borneoensis), recorded as Critically Endangered
Painted terrapin (Batagur borneoensis). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Painted terrapin

Batagur borneoensis

Painted terrapin is a turtle in the family Geoemydidae — Batagur borneoensis, recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Batagur borneoensis
CITES
Appendix II
Taxonomy
Testudines · Geoemydidae · Batagur

The turtle

Painted terrapin is a turtle in the family Geoemydidae — Batagur borneoensis.

Range and habitat

It is distributed in the rainforest of Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra and Kalimantan), Malaysia, and Thailand.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Harvesting by fishermen to eat, poaching to meet pet and food demand, habitat loss due to land conversion to palm oil, and fish and shrimp farming are major threats. Conservation efforts in Sumatra, Indonesia, are ongoing to increase wild populations by carrying out nesting patrols to secure and hatch the eggs, for later release into original habitats.

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Painted terrapin is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Painted terrapin, Wikidata item Q1827817. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Burmese roofed turtle (Batagur trivittata), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Burmese roofed turtle

Batagur trivittata
Photograph of Northern river terrapin (Batagur baska), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Northern river terrapin

Batagur baska
Photograph of Red-crowned roofed turtle (Batagur kachuga), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Red-crowned roofed turtle

Batagur kachuga
Photograph of Southern river terrapin (Batagur affinis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Southern river terrapin

Batagur affinis

Quick answers

What is Painted terrapin?
Painted terrapin is a turtle in the family Geoemydidae — Batagur borneoensis.
What is the conservation status of Painted terrapin?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Batagur borneoensis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Painted terrapin live?
It is distributed in the rainforest of Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra and Kalimantan), Malaysia, and Thailand.
Why is Painted terrapin in crisis?
Harvesting by fishermen to eat, poaching to meet pet and food demand, habitat loss due to land conversion to palm oil, and fish and shrimp farming are major threats.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Batagur borneoensis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Painted terrapin a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.