on Indian Coast (5)

Hawksbill - CE, WPA I

Loggerhead Turtle- CE, WPA I - Only turtle, does not nest along Indian Coast

Red-crowned Roofed Turtle/Batagur Kachuga- CE

Northern River Terrapin/Batagur Baska - CE, WPA I

Leather back sea Turtle - E, WPA I [NOTE - CE to E]

Green Turtle - Endangered, WPA I

Assam Roofed Turtle/Sylhet roofed turtle - IUCN Endangered

Cochin Forest Cane Turtles - E, WPA-I, CITES-II

Olive Ridley - Vulnerable, WPA I

Indian Peacock Soft Shell - Vulnerable

Indian Star tortoises - Vulnerable (WPA Schedule IV)

Indian Tent Turtle - IUCN Least Concern - WPA I

Olive ridley sea turtles

IUCN Vulnerable
Tamilnadu, Orissa, Hope Island(AP) of the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Gahirmatha in Odisha (majority)
commonly mass nesting along the eastern coast of India between December and April which is called Arribada
Mating - November and Eggs in March
Second mass nesting site along the Odisha coast is being prepared at Bahuda river mouth in Ganjam district
Challenges to nesting

Bycatch is the name given to ocean animals that are unintentionally caught by fishing gear

Batagur Turtles

Batagur kachuga - Red-crowned roofed turtle - Tributaries of Ganga such as Chambal - IUCN Critically Endangered
Batagur dhongoka - Three-striped roofed turtle - Tributaries of Ganga such as Chambal
Batagur Baska - Northern river terrapin - river estuarine habitat - IUCN Critically endangered

The Sunderban Tiger Reserve and Turtle Survival Alliance TSA , have coordinated a recovery program for Batagur Baska (the world’s second most endang red turtle), through captive conservation breeding