Vietnam's super rare yellow-fronted box turtle
The Golden Box Turtle is a beautiful turtle that is hunted extensively in Vietnam. This turtle, which has the ability to "box" itself, has now been included in the list of the world's 50 most endangered species.
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| The Golden Box Turtle has the scientific name Cuora galbinifrons. This is a rare turtle species that lives in the humid forests of all three regions of our country. |
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| However, the number of yellow-fronted box turtles left in Vietnam is very small because they are beautiful and are hunted fiercely. |
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| The yellow-fronted box turtle is now listed as one of the world's 50 most endangered species. |
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| The yellow-fronted box turtle possesses a special plastron consisting of two movable pieces, in which the front plastron can be closed when the head is retracted into the shell. |
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| It is thanks to this special plastron that the yellow-fronted box turtle has the ability to "box" itself. |
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| The yellow-fronted box turtle's favorite food is earthworms, fish, meat, ripe bananas and vegetables and it has the habit of digging the soil to bury its eggs before laying them; they lay eggs in June. |
