摘要：The Indian Flapshell Turtle, Lissemys punctata belongs to family Trionychidae. It is a small
softshell fresh water turtle found in rivers and streams to reservoirs, marshes, ponds, lakes, and even
salt marshes, rice fields, gutters, and canals, etc. Rapid development and urbanization has lost many
water bodies and hence this species has threat to vanished. There is a vital requirement to conserve
the species in captive as well as wild.
