Turtles Fighting Over Cuttlebone
4,530 views · Published 19 February 2014 · 3:48 · Indexed 13 October 2026
Channel: theTurtleRoom · 2014 · Pets & Animals
Here's a short video of our Cuora flavomarginata fighting over a cuttlebone, a coveted source of calcium. This is another inside look of his new assurance colony project in collaboration with the TSA and the Cuora flavomarginata Taxon Management Group. The Chinese Yellow Margined Box Turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, is classified as an endangered species by the IUCN. The animas we are keeping are still owned by the TSA. Of any offspring produced in our care, half will be ours, and half will be returned to the TSA for return to range countries into protected habitats, hopefully. This species was, for a time, classified under the genus Cistoclemmys along with the bourreti, galbinifrons, mccordi, and picturata species. The Cuora/Cistoclemmys argument rages on, and both genus names are heard being used throughout the scientific community. http://theturtleroom.com
