Brazil lists the Amazon river turtle as endangered for the first time

Mongabay
Jul 15, 2026, 2:37 pm59 ptsTrending
A traditional food source for Amazonian communities, freshwater turtles have been included in Brazil’s list of fauna threatened with extinction for the first time. The cágado-iaçá, or six-tubercled Amazon River turtle, had its risk elevated from near threatened to endangered in a new national list recently…

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