Veryl Hasan, Irhamna P. Rahmawati, Joko Guntoro, Josie South, Fitri S. Valen, Muhammad B. Tamam, Andreas B. Hardian, Sapto Andriyono, Nurjirana Nurjirana, Ahmad S. Kamarudin
Orlitia borneensis (Gray, 1873), Malaysian Giant Turtle, is a freshwater turtle native across Southeast Asia and has been assessed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. We report the first record of this species in Belitung, a remote island in Indonesia, based on photographs. The new record is approximately 200 km to the west of the nearest locality in Borneo, and 250 km to the east of the nearest locality in Sumatra. This species was found at a site with slow-flowing waters and forested hills 70 m above sea level. © The authors.
Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Universitas Airlangga, Jawa Timur, Surabaya, Indonesia; School of Animal Science, Aquatic Science and Environment, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Besut Campus, Besut, Terengganu, 22200, Malaysia; Wildlife Rescue Center (WRC)Jogja – Yayasan Konservasi Alam Yogyakarta, Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Satucita Lestari Indonesia, Kejuruan Muda Sub-district, Aceh Tamiang District, Aceh, Sidodadi Village, Indonesia; School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom; Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine, Bangka Belitung University, Bangka Belitung, Indonesia; Generasi Biologi Indonesia, Zoology Division, East Java, Gresik, 61171, Indonesia; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Jawa Timur, Malang, Indonesia; Department of Marine, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Airlangga University, Jawa Timur, Surabaya, Indonesia; Research Centre for Biosystematics and Evolution, the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jakarta Pusat, 10340, Indonesia
