ANIMAL:Indochinese/Vietnamese Box Turtle Cuora galbinifrons
Type of Animal:
Turtle
Habitat:
Freshwater areas at high elevations, bushy areas at high elevations, high elevation forests/woodlands, damp woodlands, wetlands
Location(s):
Far S Guangxi, Hainan, N Vietnam, N Laos
Appearance:
High-domed carapace (upper shell) w/ alternating areas of dark brown & yellowish cream stripes radiating from middle of shell, yellow/cream chins/throats, yellowish-grey to yellow-red-orange pointed heads (sometimes w/ black speckling), short snouts, plastrons (bottom shells) have hinges at both ends, males have thicker longer tails
Food/Diet:
Snails, slugs, worms, insects, insect larvae, grubs, fruit, aquatic plants, greens, vegetables, young mice, fish, frogs, lizards, small snakes, berries, leaves
Status in Wild:
Critically Endangered
Conservation:
Breeding in zoos, aquariums, herpetoculture, & breeding centers
Lifestyle:
Solitary
Additional Info:Called:
Male
Female
Young: Hatchling
Group: Solitary
Weight:
Adult: 1.76-2.64 lbs
Young: 5.08 oz
Gestation:
3 months
Life Span:
50 years
Body Length:
Adult: 7.48-8 in
Young: 4 in
Tail Length:
Male: Longer/thicker
Female: Shorter/thinner
Critically endangered due to overcollection for food/medicine/pet/wildlife trade, water pollution, & habitat loss/destruction.
Sometimes hybridize w/ closely related Flowerback/Central Vietnamese/Bourret’s & Keeled Box Turtles. Confusingly, these box turtles also called Flowerbacks.
One of the most heavily trafficked turtles in the world.
Sexually mature at 10 years old.
Rather shy & secretive in the wild.
Active at dawn & dusk (crepuscular).
Not known to hibernate.
Besides also being called Flowerbacks, other names are Flowered Box Turtle, Hundred Flower Box Turtle, Three Hill Box Turtle, & White-Fronted Box Turtle.
Fun Fact(s):
Hinges at both sides of plastron allow them to fully seal themselves in shells.
While called box turtles, these animals & other Asian box turtles not closely related to more famous N American Box Turtles.
In medicine, eggs/blood/bile added to wine providing particular cures, skin/head eaten alone, shell ground into powder/boiled in water, & urine used as eardrops/consumed as beverage. Various concoctions believed to cure coughs/rectal prolapse/deafness/cancer/everything in between.
Indochinese/Vietnamese Box Turtle named Hippo, Brookfield Zoo, taken by me
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