Coal tortoise with red leg

The coal tortoise with red leg is a terrestrial Tortue met in America and in the Antilles
Autres names:

Brazil: jabuti , jabuti-piranga , jabuti-C-cerrado , Lesser Antilles: Molokoï

Description: black, high and long carapace, with yellow scales in the center and drawings in relief. Red or yellow scales on the head, reds on the legs. The males, larger than the females, make on average 30 cm but can reach 90 cm and weigh more than 20 kg. The drill plate of the males is concave to facilitate fecundation.

Longevity: 80 years on average.

" alimentation": the coal tortoise is omnivorous, it eats sheets, but also fruits (tomato, banana, mango), it needs also proteins and nourishes snails, slugs, dejection of animals, carrion. Reproduction: from October at January. The female is fertile when it reaches the approximate size from 25 to 30 cm, which corresponds to old from approximately 8 to 10 years. The male is generally taller than the female. But of the tortoises in captivity whose male is smaller reproduce very well. From 7 to 20 eggs buried in a place hot but protected from the rays direct of the soleil.la female lays by group of 2,3 or 4 eggs under 10 cm maximum of ground. Birth of small at the end of 4 to 5 months.

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