摘要：The purposes of this research were to compare the growth of male N. platynota and female N. platynota, and to know the condition of abiotic factors in ex-situ conservation area at the University of Bengkulu. Nine N. platynotas consisting of four males and five females were kept individually in three cages, each of which consisting of three spaces. Cages were placed at three different spots in the ex-situ conservation area of Bengkulu University. N. platynota was fed with water spinach (Ipomea aquatica) as much as 10% of their body weight, every two days. Data collection was done once a week for five weeks. The data were analyzed to determine: a) weight growth, b) body-thick growth, c) growth of carapace length, d) growth of carapace width, e) growth of plastron length, f) growth of plastron width, and g) environmental factors (air temperature, soil temperature, water pH, soil pH, and humidity. The results showed that: a) N. platynota males experienced a growth of 5.04% higher than the female N. platynota, i.e.only 2.26%, b) the abiotic factor conditions of habitat of N. platynota were the followings: air temperature 30.8ºC, ground temperature 31.8ºC, soil pH 5.1, water pH 7.5 and relative humidity 71.2%. Based on the data of N. platynota growth and abiotic factor condition, it can be concluded that the ex-situ conservation area of Bengkulu University is suitable to be the new habitat for N. platynota.
关键词：Adaptasi; konservasi ex situ; pertumbuhan; Notochelys platynota
