An Observational Notes on Land Tortoises, Freshwater Turtles and Their Conservation in Corbette Tiger Reserve (CTR), Uttrakhand, India

Abstract

A four months camera trap study was under taken for tigers and its co-predators, in Corbette tiger reserve in Uttrakhand from June to October 2007 (peak rainy season) in this region. Along with the camera trap work, most of the trails and camera trap spots are visited on foot. Mostly all the half dried river streams are covered during early monsoon and different animals are sighted are recorded including the turtles. The land tortoises like Sal forest Tortoise (Indotestudo elongate), Indian Black turtle (Melanochelys trijuga) and fresh water terrapin Indian soft shell  (Aspideretes gangeticus)  are encountered in the survey.

Keywords: Turtles,  tortoise, Corbette tiger reserve, rivers.

DOI: 10.7176/JNSR/14-11-04

Publication date:September 30^th 2023