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

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

doi:10.2744/CCB-1468.1

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Ayushi Jain,^1,2,* Francoise Cavada-Blanco,² Muhamed Jafer Palot,³ Sandeep Das,^2,4 V. Deepak,^5,6 Abhijit Das¹

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]
³Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune- 411 044, Maharashtra, India [palot.zsi@gmail.com]
⁴Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Kerala-680653, India
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

^*Corresponding author

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.

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Ayushi Jain, Francoise Cavada-Blanco, Muhamed Jafer Palot, Sandeep Das, V. Deepak, and Abhijit Das "A Review of Distribution of Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle in India Along with Multiple Notable New Records from Kerala State," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 20(1), 125-132, (24 May 2021). https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-1468.1

Received: 24 August 2020; Accepted: 16 December 2020; Published: 24 May 2021

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