Yellow-edged hinged turtle
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Yellow- necked tortoise ( Cuora flavomarginata ) |
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( Gray , 1863) |
The yellow-tipped hinge turtle ( Cuora flavomarginata ) belongs within the family of ancient pond turtles (Geoemydidae) to the genus of the hinge turtles ( Cuora ).
description
The yellow-edged hinged turtle reaches a length of around 19 centimeters. Your carapace is strongly arched and, like the plastron, which is dark brown in color, a light yellow stripe runs parallel to the spine on the back armor. The edges of the plastron are slightly lighter in color than the rest of the armor. The skin of the turtle is largely brown, but yellowish stripes run on both sides of the head, the top of which can also be greenish in color. The front extremities have five claws and the rear extremities four. Males and females are very similar, with the male having a wider and longer tail at the root, while the tail of the female appears significantly shorter. Like all hinged turtles , the yellow-edged hinged turtle can retract its extremities completely into the shell by means of a hinge in the belly shell and close them from predators.
distribution
The yellow-tipped hinge turtle occurs mainly in the catchment area of the Yangtze River in the Chinese provinces of Hunan , Henan , Anhui , Hubei , Chongqing , Sichuan , Zhejiang and Jiangsu as well as on the island of Taiwan and the Ryūkyū Islands .
food
Yellow-necked tortoises are omnivores . Their main diet consists of insects and mollusks , but they also eat plants and fruits .
Danger
Since 2000, the Gelbrand Box Turtle in is red-flagged the IUCN out as critically endangered (status "endangered").
Web links
- Cuora flavomarginata inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015.4. Listed by: Asian Turtle Trade Working Group, 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
- Cuora flavomarginata in The Reptile Database
- Ota, Hidetoshi; Yasukawa, Youichirou; Fu, Jinzhong; Chen, Tien-Hsi (2009): Cuora flavomarginata (Gray, 1863) - Yellow-Margined Box Turtle .