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Mexican
Giant Musk Turtle
Staurotypus triporcatus
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| general
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| description |
One of the largest of
all mud and musk turtles |
| a.k.a |
Three-Keeled Musk Turtle,
Mexican Cross-Breasted Turtle |
| distribution |
 Mexico
(Gulf and Caribbean drainages of C/S Veracruz, Tabasco,
Chiapas, Yucatan), Belize, NE Guatemala, W Honduras |
| housing |
| natural
habitats |
Aquatic, sedentary; |
| aquarium |
Preferablly with a lot
of aquatic plants. Water should be shallow where it can
breathe by extending its long neck and tubed nose to the
surface -- It is poor swimmer, can drown. |
| substrate |
Soil, mud, gravel, barks
(e.g. Repti Bark,
Coconut Bark) |
| activity
period |
Nighttime (nocturnal);
give heat and help monitoring by infrared lamps (e.g. Nightlight
Red Bulb, Infrared
Heat Lamp) where the light is invisible for it but
humans |
| temperature |
28 - 30 ¢XC -- day
25 - 27 ¢XC -- night |
| diet |
| wild
diet |
Carnivorous (meat-eating);
Fish, amphibian larvae, aquatic invertebrates, etc |
| captive
diet |
Fish (e.g. minnows, goldfish),
crayfish, shrimps, Aquatic
Turtle Food |
| reproduction |
| reproduction |
Oviparous |
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