Setiu Post

Di antara spesis tuntung yang terdapat di dunia 3 daripadanya terdapat di Malaysia iaitu; - batagur baska, batagur borneonsis dan batagur affinis. Manakala 2 spesis di atas terdapat di Setiu Wetland iaitu Batagur Baska atau tuntung sungai dan batagur borneonsisi iaitu tuntung laut atau painted terrapin yang menjadi antara spesis paling terancam di dunia. Tanggungjawab kita bersama dalam menjaga ekosistem bagi memastikan kelangsungan hidup spesis unik ini. Mulakan denga membu ang sampah dengan betul. Jangan buang ikut sedap hati melalui tingkap kereta. # setiupost # setiuwetlands

Post-nesting female river terrapin photographed by the nesting bank, Tebing Pasir Penarik in Setiu. Photo credit: P.N. Chen. Common name:  River terrapin Scientific name:   Batagur affinis Local Malaysian name:  Tuntung sungai Conservation status : Listed as critically endangered in the 2009 IUCN Red List and in CITES Appendix I Adult female shell length:  50 – 60 cm Adult female body weight:  15 – 35 kg Food:  Adults are mainly herbivorous, feeding on mangrove apple ( Sonneratia  sp.), sedges ( Scleria  sp.), screw pine ( Pandanus  sp.), Colocasia ( Ficus  sp.) and water hyacinth ( Eichornia crassipes ) Range:  Tidal portions of major rivers in Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia A male river terrapin during the nesting season. Photo credit: P.N. Chen. Nesting sites in Malaysia:  Terengganu (Terengganu, Dungun, Besut, Setiu-Chalok rivers), Kedah river systems, Perak river systems and Pahang river syst...