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The interventions by the DRI during 2017 to 2020 are a significant pointer to dangers to India’s biodiversity and sustainability of our natural ecosystems. The variety of species which have been encountered during the course of this illicit trade enforcement suggests to a malaise which is deep-seated.
S.No
Common name
Scientific Name
Numbers seized
1
Indian Star Tortoise
Geochelone elegans
9120
2
Tricarinate Hill Turtle
Melanochelys tricarinata
122
3
Indian Tent Turtle
Pangshura tentoria / Kachuga tecta
27
4
Indian Roofed Turtle
Pangshura Tecta
95
5
Red Crowned Roofed Turtle
Batagur Kachuga
4
6
Assam Roofed Turtle
Pangshura sylhetensi
44
7
Indian Pond Turtle (spotted)
Geoclemys hamiltonii
195
8
Radiated Tortoise
Astrochelys radiata
1
9
Red eared slider
Trachemys scriptaelegans
7696
10
African spurred Tortoise
Centrochelys Sulcata
8
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