Indian Roofed Turtle Legal Or Illegal

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Indian roofed turtle legal or illegal.

The indian roofed turtle and brown roofed turtle are also trafficked in large numbers to cater to the international pet trade. The endangered tortoise are found in dry areas and scrub forest in india also in the illegal wildlife trade in india as most trafficked wild animals along with monitor lizard red sand boa and indian pangolin. The international illegal trade in trafficked turtles is deeply established and a smuggler can get thousands of dollars for a few turtles. One driver is the pet trade.

Asian forest tortoise manouria emys. One driver is the pet trade. And there are 28 turtle tortoise species in india and all are illegal to sell keep as a pet. While the nilssonia indian softshell species.

Indian star tortoise is the most popular species of tortoise as part of the exotic pet trade. It is a common pet in the indian subcontinent. Indian flapshell turtle lissemys punctata low risk indian roofed turtle pangshura tecta low risk indian tent turtle pangshura tentoria low risk chelonian threats. Not wanted to be rude but you should research properly before publishing any blogs.

That s clearly is not a map turtle it s indian roofed tent turtle and is illegal to sell keep as a pet. And you shouldn t hold them like that. 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.

The indian roofed turtle and brown roofed turtle are also trafficked in large numbers to cater to the international pet trade. The indian roofed turtle pangshura tecta is a species of turtle in the family geoemydidae. It is illegal to keep indian roofed turtles as pets but i only think this is because they are smuggled abroad so therefore they are now a protected species in india. The international illegal trade in trafficked turtles is deeply established and a smuggler can get thousands of dollars for a few turtles.