Interesting :

It is big turtle but smaller than Burma Black Tortoise. Its tortoiseshell is also light brown and high curve, back legs with yellow (like beeswax) scale and spike same as Burma Black Toetoise

Habitat :

It found at Malaysia, Sumatra Island and Thailand especially in Ranong, Nakornsrithamrat.

Food :

It likes to eat vegetable, fruit, taro, potato including shell and snail.

Behavior :

It likes highland with humidity or pan and dig a hole to hide itself inside. It prefers to live at mountain and moving water is a must if you want to feed it because an appropriate habitat can prolong its age to 100 years.

Current Status :

It is a protected animal of Thailand under Thai Wildlife Protection Act. B.E. 2535.

Reproductive :

Moreover, it lays about 30 eggs in each time.

Point of view :

• 1 Chiangmai zoo
• 1 Nakhonratchasima zoo
• 5 Songkhla zoo

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Update : 11 April 2017