Southeast Asian Box Turtle
Cuora amboinensis
An adult Southeast Asian box turtle is a semi-aquatic turtle of lowland wetlands, forest streams, marshes, ponds, and flooded agricultural areas. It eats a varied omnivorous diet including aquatic plants, fallen fruit, worms, insects, mollusks, small animals, and carrion. When threatened, it can retract its head and limbs and close its hinged lower shell like a box. This strong shell-closing defense is the source of its common name and makes it difficult for many predators to bite soft body parts.
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- Southeast Asian Box Turtle