Sulawesi Forest Turtle

The Sulawesi forest turtle is a critically endangered s The Sulawesi Forest turtle is a part of the Asian river turtle family, Geoemydidae. It lives half on land and half in the water. It easily blends into its environment with colours of brown, cream, and orange. Males are larger than females.pecies of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is monotypic within the genus Leucocephalon. It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia.

At the Riverview Park and Zoo, the Sulawesi turtles are fed a fruit mixture containing melons, strawberry, kiwi, peach, plum grapes, mushroom, papaya, mango, banana and other fruits, and a lettuce mixture containing kale and romaine lettuce as well as dandelion, weeds, smelt and commercial turtle pellets.

Leucocephalon yuwonoi (Sulawesi Forest Turtle) is a species of turtles in the family Box Turtles, Freshwater Turtles. They are listed as critically endangered by IUCN and in cites appendix ii. They are associated with freshwater habitat. They are found in Australasia.