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Biuku

Batagur borneoensis (Schlegel & Müller, 1844)

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The biuku (Batagur borneoensis) is a species in the family Geoemydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh 16.9 kg to 21 kg and live up to 60 years.

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Quick facts about the biuku

Weight
16.9 kg – 21 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
60 yearssrc for Lifespan
Longest recorded lifespan
80 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Egg incubation
80 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
12src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
7 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the biuku live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the biuku 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 biuku 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 biuku classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyGeoemydidae
  6. genusBatagur
  7. SpeciesBatagur borneoensis (Schlegel & Müller, 1844)

Synonyms Batagur picta, Callagur borneoensis, Callagur picta, Clemmys grayi, Emys borneoensis, Kachuga brookei, Kachuga major

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Painted BatagurEnglish
  • Painted terrapinEnglish
  • Saw-jawed terrapinEnglish
  • Saw-jawed turtleEnglish
  • Three-striped BatagurEnglish
  • batagur kalagurCzech
  • Malet FlodskildpaddeDanish
  • CallagurschildkröteGerman
  • Callagur-FlussschildkröteGerman
  • Callagur-teknősHungarian
  • BelukuIndonesian
  • Tuntong LautIndonesian
  • カラグールガメJapanese
  • CallagurschildpadDutch
  • Cágado-boca-de-serraPortuguese
  • КаллагурRussian
  • เต่าลายตีนเป็ดThai
  • 三線潮龜Chinese

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Relatives of the biuku

Other species in the same genus Batagur.

Batagur

Batagur baska

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the biuku?

An adult biuku weighs 16.9 kg – 21 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the biuku live?

The biuku has a recorded lifespan of 60 years.

Is the biuku an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the biuku?

The biuku (Batagur borneoensis) 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). Biuku (Batagur borneoensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/biuku

MLA

“Biuku (Batagur borneoensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/biuku.

BibTeX
@misc{biuku_2026,
  title = {Biuku (Batagur borneoensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/biuku},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}