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Deep or shallow water for Central American river turtles

2021-12-24 / 826 Read

Central American river turtles are generally raised in deep water, because their limbs cannot bear the weight of their bodies, and crawling on land is quite difficult for them. After understanding this, let's take a look at the Central American river turtles habitat habits.

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The Central American river turtles are completely aquatic and live in Rivers, lagoons and some other large wetlands in places like southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. It can barely move on land, so females build their nests on floodwaters rather than on land. Their eggs hatch only after the water level drops.