Undun ( id, Danau 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

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

n island of

Roti Roti (also known as chapati) is a round flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent. It is popular in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, Trinid ...

in the province of

East Nusa Tenggara East Nusa Tenggara ( id, Nusa Tenggara Timur – NTT; pt, Sonda Oriental) is the southernmost province of Indonesia. It comprises the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, facing the Indian Ocean in the south and the Flores Sea in the nor ...

, 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 regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, consisting primarily of the island of Rote, situated south-west of the western tip of West Timor with an area of 978.54 km2, together with minor offshore islands includin ...

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

salt lake A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre). ...

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 from Rote Island in Indonesia. Taxonomy ''Chelodina mccordi'' belongs to the genus ''Chelod ...

. 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 or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (''genetic variability''), species (''species diversity''), and ecosystem (''ecosystem diversity'') l ...

, 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

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Landforms of East Nusa Tenggara Drainage basins of Rote