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Batagur

Batagur baska (Gray, 1831)

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The batagur (Batagur baska) is a species in the family Geoemydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh about 17.9 kg and live up to 15.5 years.

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Quick facts about the batagur

Weight
17.9 kgsrc for Weight
Length
up to 60 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
15.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
21.8 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Egg incubation
79 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
10 – 34src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
3src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the batagur live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the batagur as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Singapore

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the batagur endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the batagur classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyGeoemydidae
  6. genusBatagur
  7. SpeciesBatagur baska (Gray, 1831)

Synonyms Batagur baska ranongensis, Emys baska, Emys batagur, Emys tetraonyx, Testudo baska, Tetraonyx lessonii, Tetraonyx longicollis, Tetronyx longicollis, Trionyx cuvieri

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • Batagur; (northern) river terrapinEnglish
  • Common BatagurEnglish
  • Common river terrapinEnglish
  • Four-toed terrapinEnglish
  • Northern river terrapinEnglish
  • Ranong river terrapinEnglish
  • River terrapinEnglish
  • কেটো কচ্ছপBangla
  • batagur bengálskýCzech
  • BatagurschildkröteGerman
  • Batagur-FlussschildkröteGerman
  • Nördliche Batagur-SchildkröteGerman
  • Galápago BatagurSpanish
  • Batagur malaisFrench
  • Batagur-teknősHungarian
  • TuntongIndonesian
  • バタグールガメJapanese
  • BatagurschildpadDutch
  • Cágado-batagurPortuguese
  • БатагурRussian
  • เต่าจานThai
  • เต่ากระอานThai
  • 潮龜 /印度潮龜Chinese

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Relatives of the batagur

Other species in the same genus Batagur.

Biuku

Batagur borneoensis

GeoemydidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the batagur?

An adult batagur weighs 17.9 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the batagur live?

The batagur has a recorded lifespan of 15.5 years.

Is the batagur an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the batagur as introduced in 1 country: Singapore, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the batagur?

The batagur (Batagur baska) belongs to the family Geoemydidae in the order Testudines.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Batagur (Batagur baska). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/batagur

MLA

“Batagur (Batagur baska).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/batagur.

BibTeX
@misc{batagur_2026,
  title = {Batagur (Batagur baska)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/batagur},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}