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Range and Habitat: Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay peninsula,
Sumatra and Borneo.
Habits and Adaptations: Very little known about habits
in the wild. Is known to spend time in shallow water. Probably
- like other land tortoises - it is active in early AM and late
PM, spending hot times of the day hidden.
Diet: Unknown - probably grasses, succulents, fruits.
Breeding and Maturation: Mound nest built by female. Average
clutch size 40 eggs; incubation averages 63-68 days at 29 C (84
F). Hatchlings uniformly brown to grayish brown with a darker
plastron. Average hatching size 6-6.6 cm (2.4-2.6 in) long and
47-55 g (1.6-1.9 oz) in weight.
Miscellaneous: Reproductive habits unique. Method of building
mound nest distinctive in which tortoise uses a "back sweeping"
method of gathering material. Animal faces away from mound and
sweeps litter backwards toward mound. It adds litter to nest after
eggs are laid and guards it for 2 to 3 days. It also lays the
largest number of eggs per clutch of any tortoise - 50 maximum.
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