A Review of Distribution of Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle in India Along with Multiple Notable New Records from Kerala State

Jain, Ayushi; Cavada-Blanco, Francoise; Palot, Muhamed Jafer; Das, Sandeep; Deepak, V.; Das, Abhijit

doi:10.2744/CCB-1468.1

Ayushi Jain;

Ayushi Jain ^*

¹Wildlife Institute of India, Post Box #18 Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India [ayushijain0601@gmail.com; abhijit@wii.gov.in]

²EDGE of Existence Programme, Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom [Fran.Cabada@zsl.org; sandeep.koodu@gmail.com]

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Francoise Cavada-Blanco;

Francoise Cavada-Blanco

²EDGE of Existence Programme, Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom [Fran.Cabada@zsl.org; sandeep.koodu@gmail.com]

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Muhamed Jafer Palot;

Muhamed Jafer Palot

³Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune- 411 044, Maharashtra, India [palot.zsi@gmail.com]

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Sandeep Das;

Sandeep Das

²EDGE of Existence Programme, Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom [Fran.Cabada@zsl.org; sandeep.koodu@gmail.com]

⁴Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Kerala-680653, India

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V. Deepak;

V. Deepak

⁵Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum London, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom [veerappandeepak@gmail.com]

⁶Senckenberg Dresden, Königsbrücker Landstraße 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany

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Abhijit Das

¹Wildlife Institute of India, Post Box #18 Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India [ayushijain0601@gmail.com; abhijit@wii.gov.in]

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Chelonian Conservation and Biology (2021) 20 (1): 125–132.

https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-1468.1

Abstract

We review the historical and current distribution for Cantor's giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) in India. We report 13 new records from Kerala State. Based on our intensive survey in Kasaragod District, we report a potential breeding population from this region.

2021

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