Species of the year 2018
The box turtle owes its slightly technical-sounding name to a simple mechanism which enables it to clap its plastron shut by a hinge at the front and the end. This locking mechanism is very effective against natural enemies but not against humans. Due to intensive „harvesting“ for the food and medicine industry it is critically endangered.
The box turtle is the Species of year 2018
Category: other
Age: 7 – 8 years
food: invertebrates, insects, vertebrates
habitat: wetlands
Danger: threatened with extinction (CR)
distribution: China: Anhui Province
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