"You can find me swimming in the warm waters of the jungle rivers.""
Yellow-spotted River Turtle
Podocnemis unifilis
Idiomas
Clasificación
| Clase | Reptilia |
| Orden | Testudines |
| Peso | 9 - 12 kg |
| Longitud | 40 - 80 cm |
Estado de conservación mundial
VU Vulnerable
¿Quién soy?
My flat shell is dark brown, with a protruding ridge in the center. My plastron (the part under my shell) is yellow with dark spots. My head is long and brown. I am a large daytime freshwater turtle.
¿De qué me alimento?
When we are young, our diet consists of aquatic plants, algae, herbs, fruits, stems, seeds, mollusks, crustaceans, and bivalves. When reaching maturity, the diet is supplemented with fish and carrion.
¿Dónde vivo?
I am a mainly aquatic turtle, and I live in clear or black water bodies, such as rivers, lagoons, lakes, etc. My species is distributed from Guyana to Peru and Bolivia.
Para que me conozcas mejor
What is the effect of environmental temperature on the sex of baby turtles? The sex determination in our species is related to environmental temperature: When the nest temperature is between 28-32 ° C, 78-80% of neonates are males, while at temperatures higher than 32.1 ° C there is a higher percentage of females.
