Biodiversity Gallery

The Assam roofed turtle is locally known as Asomi Dura and Phulen Dura in Assam. It is a small (carapace length to 20.5 cm) freshwater turtle with thirteen pairs of marginal scutes. The head is moderately small, snout pointed, shorter than the orbit and projecting much beyond the lower jaw. It has narrowest distribution range compared to other three Pangshura species. It lays 6-12 eggs each clutch, with hatchlings visible primarily between March and April, around the start of the Southeast Monsoons.