phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at o:2666 DOI 10.3390/fishes8100517 Aboriginal Tribe’s Knowledge of the Endangered Freshwater Turtle Cuora amboinensis in Car Nicobar, a Remote Oceanic Island in the Bay of Bengal Freshwater turtles are among the least studied faunas in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Here, we report the presence of freshwater turtles (Cuora amboinensis) from Car Nicobar, a small remote island in the Nicobar archipelago comprising the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the people belonging to Nicobarese tribes (n = 233) to gather their local ecological knowledge as supportive information to obtain a better understanding of the status of turtles in Car Nicobar. Most interviewees (90%) opined that freshwater turtles are found to be rare or very rare on the Island. All the respondents (100%) expressed willingness to contribute to future conservation projects. Community-level awareness emerged as a prominent issue for future conservation using the Garrett ranking method. A stream network map was prepared using the digital elevation model to visualize streams and potential habitats of turtles. This report on the freshwater turtles is essential from an ecological perspective since information is scarce on the freshwater turtles in Car Nicobar. This study emphasizes the importance of the engagement of stakeholders in conservation projects and recommends providing adequate attention to the conservation and protection of freshwater turtle diversity in Car Nicobar. eng Asian Box Turtle; 1st Report; Testudines; Geoemydidae; Diversity; Medicine; Impact 2024-03-04T10:35:46.503Z LOMv1.0 Author BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Kiruba-Sankar;Rajendran; FN:Rajendran Kiruba-Sankar END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Ahmed;Sheikh Zamir; FN:Sheikh Zamir Ahmed END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Kumar;Gokhlesh; FN:Gokhlesh Kumar X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1958-2579 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Yuvaraj;Eswaran; FN:Eswaran Yuvaraj END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Praveenraj;Jayasimhan; FN:Jayasimhan Praveenraj X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5471-6931 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Saravanan;Kandasamy; FN:Kandasamy Saravanan X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9695-5172 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Adamala;Sirisha; FN:Sirisha Adamala END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Barman;Jessica; FN:Jessica Barman X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1221-1473 END:VCARD https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/scheme https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/text Textdokument Text LOMv1.0 yes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 application/pdf 990661 https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/o:2666 https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/api/object/o:2666/thumbnail LOMv1.0 discipline