Check List 21(5): 807-812, doi: 10.15560/21.5.807
Orlitia borneensis (Gray, 1873) (Testudines, Geoemydidae), Malaysian Giant Turtle, from Belitung Island, Indonesia: filling a distribution gap
Veryl Hasan‡§, Irhamna P. Rahmawati|, Joko Guntoro¶, Josie South#, Fitri S. Valen¤, Muhammad B. Tamam«, Andreas B. Hardian», Sapto Andriyono˄, Nurjirana Nurjirana˅, Ahmad S Kamarudin§‡ Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia§ Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia| Wildlife Rescue Center (WRC) Jogja, Yogyakarta, Indonesia¶ Satucita Lestari Indonesia, Aceh, Indonesia# University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom¤ Bangka Belitung University, Bangka Belitung, Indonesia« Generasi Biologi Indonesia, Zoology Division, Gresik, Indonesia» Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia˄ Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia˅ Research Centre for Biosystematics and Evolution, the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jakarta, Indonesia
Corresponding author: Veryl Hasan ( veryl.hasan@fpk.unair.ac.id ) Academic editor: Perry L. Wood, Jr. © Veryl Hasan, Irhamna P. Rahmawati, Joko Guntoro, Josie South, Fitri S. Valen, Muhammad B. Tamam, Andreas B. Hardian, Sapto Andriyono, Nurjirana Nurjirana, Ahmad S Kamarudin. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Hasan V, Rahmawati IP, Guntoro J, South J, Valen FS, Tamam MB, Hardian AB, Andriyono S, Nurjirana N, Kamarudin AS (2025) Orlitia borneensis (Gray, 1873) (Testudines, Geoemydidae), Malaysian Giant Turtle, from Belitung Island, Indonesia: filling a distribution gap. Check List 21(5): 807-812. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.5.807 |  |
Abstract
Orlitia borneensis (Gray, 1873), Malaysian Giant Turtle, is a freshwater turtle native across Southeast Asia and has been assessed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. We report the first record of this species in Belitung, a remote island in Indonesia, based on photographs. The new record is approximately 200 km to the west of the nearest locality in Borneo, and 250 km to the east of the nearest locality in Sumatra. This species was found at a site with slow‑flowing waters and forested hills 70 m above sea level
Keywords
Conservation status, Critically Endangered, freshwater turtle