Lifespan
Wildlife Reserves Singapore Group
Lifespan
Diet
Insects, molluscs, worms
Habitat
Also wetlands and rice fields
Range
Indonesia
We house an assurance colony at Singapore Zoo to safeguard the Roti Island snake-necked turtle, the only one for the species in Asia. We have 26 turtles under our care – they were sent to us from breeding programmes in the United States and Austria. We hope to eventually release our resident turtles and their offspring in appropriate habitats on Roti Island incoordination with our conservation partners WCS, TSA and Turtle Island. To build capacity and sustain conservation efforts, ourkeepers and veterinarians have been training visiting teams from Roti Island in proper husbandry and how to conduct regular health checks.
Learn more about this project here.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species.
At relatively low risk of extinction
Likely to become vulnerable in the near future
At high risk of extinction in the wild
At very high risk of extinction in the wild
At extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Survives only in captivity
No surviving individuals in the wild or in captivity
