well, it's kinda sad thinking that my 2 days holiday is over...huhu...back to work now...when i posted the picture of the terrapins last saturday, there were some comments asking about the species...so, i decided to put more information about the terrapins...

The river terrapin in the picture was taken from an 'in situ' nest in Pasir Kumpal, Dungun, Terengganu...all the hatchlings from the hatchery there will be brought back to my university, (Universiti Malaysia Terengganu @ UMT)...here, we hv 2 species: the Batagur baska and the Callagur borneoensis...rite now, we're doing some conservation programme on this species...basically, what me and my colleagues are doing rite now is trying to headstart the painted and river terrapins...the study is conducted at the Terrapin Headstarting Facility in UMT...

Both batagur and callagur are listed as critically endangered species by the IUCN Red List:

"Considered Endangered in peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia; Critically Endangered in Bangladesh and India because the subpopulations are all very small and declining. It is Extinct in the Wild in Thailand (considered CR in OEPP 1997). There are no recent data and it is therefore presumed to be Extinct in Myanmar, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Singapore"

source:
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/2614/all
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/3543/all

more photos of the terrapins: