Boot-footed tortoise

Boot-footed tortoise is a relatively large tortoise species. In recent years, the number of native habitats has been small. They are scattered in some areas of India and Vietnam. They feed on various plants. The conditions for artificial breeding are relatively complex, and the conditions for breeding are relatively large, so the number of animals is not high. many.

Chinese name: Boot-footed tortoise

Chinese Aliases:Burmese alpine tortoise, six-legged tortoise, Asian giant tortoise, brown-booted tortoise, black-booted tortoise

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English name:Burmese Mountain Tortoise

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Subphylum:Vertebrate subphylum

Class:Protozoa

Order:Turtles

Suborder: Suborder Turtles

Family: Teruptidae

Genus:The genus of Tortoise

Species: The Boot-footed Tortoise

Dispersed: Dispersed from western India to southern Vietnam, south to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.

Appearance characteristics: The boot-footed tortoise is the largest tortoise in Asia. It is an incredible animal and can weigh up to 20kg. The carapace is relatively short, and the scute area is concave downward. The subspecies found in Borneo is brown, and the plastron is slightly whitish.

Living habits: This species only lives in the hot and cold forests of Takamoto.

Growing customs: Boot-footed tortoises are extremely prolific turtle species and can lay up to 51 eggs, and all eggs The journey rarely lasts longer than an hour. After laying eggs, the female turtle uses her forelimbs to completely cover the eggs with soil and fallen leaves on the outer edge of the egg-laying bed. During the next 6-20 days, the female turtle will wait on or next to the mound and drive away all animals that approach the mound.

Food habits:Herbivore. Wild boots-footed tortoises feed on a total of 22 species of food, 15 of which belong to the Alocasia genus.

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