Central American Wood Turtle Info

The Central American Wood Turtle, also known as the Ornate Wood Turtle, is a popular and common wood turtle within the pet trade. Those imported from the northern part of Costa Rica, in particular, are brightly colored, and they feature black eyespots along with lovely swirls of yellow and orange.
Found throughout most of western Mexico south to Costa Rica, the Central American painted wood turtle is a species with many close relatives, distant and near.
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As this turtle hails from humid tropical central America, its captive environment must be sufficiently warm and humid. Ambient temperatures in the range of 22 – 26.
Ornate Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni). also known as the Mexican Wood Turtle, the Painted Wood Turtle, and the Central American Wood.
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni are highly aquatic as hatchlings and while young, but become more land-based as they get older. Mature Rhinoclemmys.
The mellow Central American wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni) is a relatively low-maintenance exotic pet option. The pet turtles, which are.
Central American Ornate Wood Turtle. Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni. Reptile | Central America: Southern Nicaragua to Northwest Costa Rica. Animal Info.
Measurements for Wood Turtle side of tortoise table. 32 Inches across 36 Inches in length.
It is found in Mexico (from Sonora southwards) and Cen.