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South-East Asian Box Turtle

Cuora amboinensis

Photo by NickKing
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Field Notes

Description:

These turtles have blackish-brown to olive brown colored shells that are not as ornate as many other box turtles. All have a blackish olive head with three yellow stripes on the side. The male can be identified by the slightly concave shape to its plastron. There is no specific pattern to what the underbellies may look like, for either sex

Habitat:

Juveniles fully aquatic (marshes, swamps, ponds, pools, rice paddies); adults semi-aqautic.

Notes:

This one appeared in our garden after two or three days of very heavy rain.

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