Elongated Tortoise

Southern Vietnam Box Turtle

Malayan Box Turtle

Zhou’s Box Turtle

Vietnamese Pond Turtle

Asian Big-headed Turtle

Vietnamese Three-striped Box Turtle

Bourret’s Box Turtle

Indochinese Box Turtle

Chinese Stripe-Necked Turtle

Keeled Box Turtle

Southern River Terrapin

In parts of this species’ range, the adult turtles are protected from consumption as “haram” by Islamic law, the predominate religion of Malaysia. This haram however does not protect the eggs of the species, and over collection of the eggs has resulted in a massive reduction in the recruitment of new turtles into the population. […]