"This place is home to the river and painted terrapins, two wholly aquatic turtle species. Some 1,300 eggs are collected from three conservation sites between January and April every year."
The river terrapin conservation centre at Bukit Paloh was established in 1981 by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. It is located on the banks of the Terengganu River at Kuala Berang, Ulu Terengganu.
Some 1,300 eggs are collected from three conservation sites between January and April every year. The centre keeps about 1,350 animals at any one time and releases an average of 600 each year. Since the programme started, about 10,000 young river terrapins have been successfully released into the Terengganu River.
Last viewed - August 22, 2008
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"Spesis ini semakin berkurangan di negara kita. Di sini kita dapat melihat bagaimana haiwan ini membiak, habitatnya, dan bagaimana mengenal yg man jantan dan yg mana betina. " by wati
"Good place to do research. I'll visit here probably on Dec." by moose
"terlalu sedikit naklumat berkaitan dengan tuntung.di harap dpt menambahkan lagi maklumat berkaitan dgn tuntung"
"I do not know that theres a river terrapin centre here. I'm not really into it." by lara
"ramai yg keliru antara kura-kura dan tuntung. ianya terletak pada cengkerangnya. bayak lagi perbezaannnya yg boleh kita pelajari di tempat ini. " by mathasan
"nice place to learn about terrapins" by simon
"Remarkle place to visit. Spend some time here if you're in Terengganu." by scalia
"I'll make sure to check it out whenever I'm in Terengganu." by imran
"Good effort! Its for our future generations so that they can learn more about this creature. " by Fuza
"Great place guyz! make sure that u'll come here if u visit terengganu,malaysia. i'm really really impressed with the terengganu's government efforts into this kind of thingz. anyway, malaysia is definitely a great country to be!!" by Leo Vranovic
"Kawasan yang menarik untuk membuat penyelidikan tentang specis kura-kura ini." by shoana
"I'm impressed of what the state government had done to this place. Someone has to take control of this unique creatures, and all of us has to know about it. Do visit this place.." by moose
