Black-breasted leaf turtle  (Geoemyda spengleri)

Biology

Despite being first described as long ago as 1789, surprisingly little has been documented on this turtle’s natural history in the wild (7). In captivity, three single-egg clutches have been reported, laid with 38-day intervals. Incubation took 66 to 73 days at 25 to 30°C (5).

The diet is thought to include snails, slugs, earthworms and other forest floor invertebrates (8), although some captive individuals apparently also feed on fruit and vegetables (5).

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