An endangered and rare animal turtle

The Dhaka Times Desk good morning Today is Sunday, 21 September 2014 Christ, 6 Ashwin 1421 Bangabd, 25 Zilkbad 1435 Hijri. Good morning everyone from The Dhaka Times. Happy birthday to all those whose birthday is today - happy birthday.

The one you see in the picture is a turtle. Almost all of us know it. But this turtle is now an extinct animal. And so the tortoise is now a rare species in our country.

Bostami's Tortoise or Bostami's Tortoise is internationally recognized. A very rare and critically endangered species of turtle. Scientifically they are called as black soft shell turtles. Their scientific name is Aspideretes nigricans.

Photo: Courtesy of banglatribune.com.