Boot-footed tortoise
Chinese name: Boot-footed tortoise
Common names: Burmese alpine tortoise, six-legged tortoise, Asian giant tortoise, brown-booted tortoise, black-booted tortoise
English name: Burmese Mountain Tortoise
Latin name: Manouria emys
Geographical distribution: Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
Boot feet land The turtle is the largest tortoise in Asia. It is an incredible animal with a body weight of up to 20 kilograms. The carapace is relatively short, and the scute area is concave downward. The subspecies found in Borneo is brown, and the plastron is slightly whitish. There are huge scales on the outside of the forelimbs, and a pair of knob-like scales on the thighs. The scales are so large that this species is sometimes called a six-legged tortoise.
This species only rests in the hot forest of Takamoto (probably because the lowland population has been eaten up by humans or it has disappeared due to the loss of resting places). It is certainly a species. Pure tortoises usually stay in the water. They are mainly herbivores, but they are also reported to eat insects and frogs. What is different from other water turtles and tortoises is its nest structure and nest protection behavior. It builds a mound by gathering dead branches and leaves, and buries 23-51 hard-shelled spherical eggs with a diameter of 51-54mm inside. It then guards the nest, attacking predators that try to steal the eggs. The hatchlings emerge from their shells after 2 to 2 and a half months, and the measured carapace length is 60-66mm. They like hiding places, and rain and fog can often stimulate their appetite. Boot-footed tortoises like to move around in low light, often in the morning and evening, but they may also be seen basking on their backs or pacing around during the cold day.
The turtle species is probably the oldest existing turtle species. Boot-footed tortoises can be divided into two subspecies. The brown-footed tortoise Manouriaemysemys was coined earlier (1844), and the black-footed tortoise Manouriaemysemys was named later (1853). The former is smaller in size (the carapace can reach 50 cm), its body color is mostly brown, its chest shield is not connected, and its carapace is relatively flat. The scattered areas are southern Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and part of the Indonesian Islands. The larger ones are black boots (the carapace can reach 60 cm, the body is heavyIt can weigh up to 37 kilograms), and its appearance is generally darker. The design of the plastron is connected to the chest and shield, the edge of the carapace is tilted forward, and the carapace is higher and higher. Scattered in northern Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh and India.
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