A female Batagur (Batagur baska) filling in her nest hole after laying her eggs in December on a sandbar of the Perak River,Malaysia. At this stage the terrapin thumps herself down to compact the sand: this makes the tuntung noise that gives the species its Malay name. IUCN considers the species as Endangered in peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia,and Critically Endangered in India and Bangladesh | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Flecther & Baylis |
Taille de l’image : | 5286 px × 3558 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
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