Myanmar: Rare Turtle Rediscovered
The rare Arakan forest turtle, once thought to be extinct, has been rediscovered in a remote forest in Myanmar, researchers said Monday. A Texas researcher, Steven Platt, and staff of the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society discovered five of the brown-and-tan-spotted turtles in May during a survey of wildlife in the Rakhine Yoma Elephant Sanctuary.
Publication Date:
08/09/2009