Tortuga Taparrabo de la Costa
- Scientific name:
Kinosternon leucostomum
Carapace dark brown, plastron yellowish brown; bicolored head: dark brown on top and yellowish on the underside.
Tortuga Taparrabo de la Costa
- Kinosternon leucostomum
Main features:
• Carapace dark brown, plastron yellowish brown; bicolored head: dark brown on top and yellowish on the underside.
• They are aquatic and terrestrial turtles, during the night they actively wander on land after torrential rains.
• When in danger, as a defense measure, this turtle hides inside its shell. Its plastron is divided into three parts, the central part is fixed and the other two are articulated, allowing them to close like a box.
Reproduction:
• Oviparous.
• Courtship and mating usually occurs in the water. The case turtle reaches its sexual maturity, starting at 5 years of age.
Feeding:
• Omnivorous diet, eats fish, tadpoles, worms, molluscs, insects, and occasionally aquatic plants, fruits and even carrion.
Distribution:
• Native to Central and South America in countries such as: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.
Zoo Vida Exótica en Baños de Agua Santa Rules
- Do not feed the animals.
- Keep your hands out of the cages.
- No pictures with FLASH.
- Do not catch the animals.
- Do not throw objects inside the cages.