Undun ()Rhodin, A. G. J., Ibarrondo, B. R. und Kuchlin, G.
''Chelodina mccordi Rhodin 1994 — Roti Island snake-necked turtle, McCord's snake-necked turtle, kura-kura rote''
in: Rhodin, A. G. J., Pritchard, P. C. H., van Dijk, P. P., Saumure, R. A., Buhlmann, K. A., und Iverson, J.B. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, S. 008.1-008.8, (ISSN 1088-7105), 2008. is a lake on the

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n island of

Roti Roti is a round flatbread originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is commonly consumed in many South Asian, Southeast Asian, Caribbean, East African, and Southeast African countries. It is made from stoneground whole-wheat flour, kno ...

in the province of

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, in the

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Geography

The Undun located in the district Landu Leko (in the

Rote Ndao Regency Rote Ndao Regency is a Subdivisions of Indonesia, regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, consisting primarily of the island of Rote Island, Rote, situated south-west of the western tip of West Timor with an area of 978.54 km2, t ...

) on the peninsula Tapuafu, which forms the northern part of the island of Roti. To the west is the greater

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Usipoka. The nearest town is Kupang.

Fauna

Only on Undun and Oendui, the lake located to the south of Usipoka, can one find the last extant population of ''Chelodina mccordi roteensis'', a subspecies of the

Roti Island snake-necked turtle The Roti Island snake-necked turtle (''Chelodina mccordi''), also commonly known as McCord's snakeneck turtle, is a critically endangered turtle species. It is named after Rote Island in Indonesia where it was first discovered. Some individuals ...

. The range of the subspecies is confined only to this area due to severe persecution and is also here close to extinction.Eisemberg, C. C. Costa, B. G. Guterres, E. C. Reynolds, S. J. & Christian, K.
Assessment of Chelodina mccordi current status and community awareness along the Lake Iralalaro, Timor-Leste
, Report to the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, Turtle Conservation Fund, and Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, by the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, 2014. Researchers are urgently demanding a reserve, for example, on the peninsula Tapuafu that includes Lakes Usipoka, Undun and Oendui and the surrounding, untouched wetlands of Tanjung Pukuwatu. Since this area has a high

biodiversity Biodiversity is the variability of life, life on Earth. It can be measured on various levels. There is for example genetic variability, species diversity, ecosystem diversity and Phylogenetics, phylogenetic diversity. Diversity is not distribut ...

, it is possible undescribed species could be found in this area. The area also contains endemic birds and is possibly an important stopover place for migratory birds such as the

Australian pelican The Australian pelican (''Pelecanus conspicillatus'') is a large waterbird in the family Pelecanidae, widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea, also in Fiji, parts of Indonesia and as a vagrant in New Zealand. It ...

Notes

{{reflist Undun Landforms of East Nusa Tenggara Drainage basins of Rote