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Basic information
Cuora flavomarginata
Snake-eating Turtle
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderTerrapins
FamilyEurasian Pond, River, and Neotropical Wood Turtles
GenusAsian box turtles
- Czech name
- Želva lemovaná
- English name
- Snake-eating Turtle
- Alternative names
- Gelbrand-Scharnierschildkröte, Chinese Box Turtle, Ryukyu Yellow-margined Box Turtle, Yellow-margined Box Turtle, 黄缘闭壳龟
- Synonyms
- Cistoclemmys flavomarginata, Cuora amboinensis, Cuora evelynae, Cyclemys flavomarginata sinensis
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Freshwater, Mountain
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal, Fossorial and/or ground-dwelling only, Saxicolous, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body mass
- max 1,127 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 13.8 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 19.1 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral, Nocturnal
- Diet
- Carnivore, Fruit, Leaves, Mollusks, Seeds, Worms
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- ~22.2 °C
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- ~2 individuals
- Sex determination
- Temperature-dependent sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6BRPF · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4