red crowned roofed turtle

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Just love this, beautiful clear painting.

Excellent work - (and best of luck to the turtles: all too many species are endangered, usually by man's activities).

I agree with Robert!

Wonderful painting.

Thanks Karyl Quigley... Thanks Robert Jones...for the thought... Thanks Gudrun Stahl Sharpley... Thanks Dawn Broughton....

A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES...RED CROWNED ROOF TURTLE...BENGALI NAME..ADI KORIKATHA...WATERCOLOUR...The red-crowned roofed turtle (Batagur kachuga) is a species of turtle endemic to South Asia. It was the type species of its former genus Kachuga. t can weigh up to 25 kilograms (55 lb) and have shells as long as 56 centimeters (22 in). Males reach only half the length of females. At the end of the rainy season, the heads and necks of male turtles develop a brilliant courtship coloration of red, yellow, white, and blue, with 6 distinctive bright red stripes on top of the head. This reptile was historically widespread in Central Nepal, NE India, Bangladesh, primarily in deep flowing freshwater rivers with terrestrial nest sites in the watershed of the Ganges River and probably NW Burma. Type locality: "India"; restricted by M.A. Smith 1931:131, to "N. India." The National Chambal Sanctuary portion of The Chambal River has received moderate protection since 1979 as India’s only protected riverine habitat. It is believed to be one of the last viable habitats for this species, though even here, B. kachuga are rare. Recent annual nesting surveys indicate fewer than 400 adult females remaining in the wild. The diet of red-crowned roofed turtles consists entirely of water plants. They leave the water to thermoregulate by basking in the sun on rocks, logs, and sandbanks. Adult females lay eggs in March and April. The eggs are 64-75mm (2½-3 inches) long by 38-46 mm (1½-1¾ in) wide. Clutch size varies from 11 to 30 eggs. [INFORMATION : WIKIPEDIA]