Biodiversity Gallery

The Indian roofed turtle is locally known as Futuki Salika Dura in Assam. Females do not exceed about 24 cm in length and the shell is strikingly elevated, the first two vertebral scutes being somewhat keeled and the third rising to a sharp point. This species is common in the northeast India. It is also an inhabitant of temple ponds of Assam. Two clutches of 3-12 eggs are laid during the winter season in sandy or muddy banks of the water bodies.