We'll Continue With This Week's Turtle. Black Mars..

We’ll continue with this week’s #turtle !

Black Marsh Turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis) is a freshwater turtle endemic to Southeast Asia. They are also known as the smiling turtle, because of its upturned jaws that look as if it is always smiling. Doesn’t that make you smile too? 🙂

It has two distinctive white dots behind its eyes, giving the impression that it has four eyes! It is very dark brown or black in colour, and the head is mostly black too. Being nocturnal gives it the perfect cover, but sometimes they do emerge during the day to bask in the sunshine, or to look for food.

Black Marsh Turtle is notable for being the first freshwater turtle spesies shown to exhibit an XX/XY system of chromosomal sex determination, meaning their gender is not determined through the temperature of the sand during incubation like other turtles, but is determined through the XX/XY chromosome in their DNA! 🧬

📸 Wibowo Djatmiko

#LoveTurtles #conservation #protectnature #wildlifeconservation #DidYouKnow #DidYouKnowFacts #TurtleTuesdays #TurtlesofInstagram #wildlife #freshwaterturtles



We’ll continue with this week’s #turtle !

Black Marsh Turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis) is a freshwater turtle endemic to Southeast Asia. They are also known as the smiling turtle, because of its upturned jaws that look as if it is always smiling. Doesn’t that make you smile too? 🙂

It has two distinctive white dots behind its eyes, giving the impression that it has four eyes! It is very dark brown or black in colour, and the head is mostly black too. Being nocturnal gives it the perfect cover, but sometimes they do emerge during the day to bask in the sunshine, or to look for food.

Black Marsh Turtle is notable for being the first freshwater turtle spesies shown to exhibit an XX/XY system of chromosomal sex determination, meaning their gender is not determined through the temperature of the sand during incubation like other turtles, but is determined through the XX/XY chromosome in their DNA! 🧬

📸 Wibowo Djatmiko

#LoveTurtles #conservation #protectnature #wildlifeconservation #DidYouKnow #DidYouKnowFacts #TurtleTuesdays #TurtlesofInstagram #wildlife #freshwaterturtles

Source: https://www.facebook.com/TurtleConservationSocietyofMalaysia..

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The Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia was established in October 2011. The aim of the society is to bring about the recovery of depleted wild populations of turtles, with particular reference to freshwater turtles, in Malaysia through partnerships with like-minded organizations, individuals and local communities as well as through its own programs.

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