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Painted Terrapin (Callugur borneensis)

The painted terrapin inhabits estuaries and mangrove swamps throughout Southeast Asia and is highly endangered because of egg collection for human consumption. Unusually it moves downriver to hest, laying its eggs on coastal beaches a number of kilometres from its riverine feeding areas.

Named the painted terrapin for the red stripe that appears between the eyes of the male during the mating season, it lays far fewer eggs than marine turtles (usually 10-12), and is now restricted to only one or two nesting beaches in Sarawak.