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Lissemus punctata
It has skin flaps on the plastron to hide the hind legs and tail. Carapace is covered with smooth skin. front and back margins of the shell can be bent down to completely hide the retracted head and limbs. Head oval, Terminating in a tubular nostrils. Digits fully webbed.
It lives in ponds and tanks connected with or independent of river. Itinhibits swallow water and lie half burried in mud and snap at passing prey with an extremly fast thrust of long neck.
Spotted on Apr 11, 2011
Submitted on May 25, 2011
4 Comments
Does it make bird calls while communicating?
Thanks. You must have working on the rest of the post when I was commenting.
i have already added the location...
Can you please add a location to this spotting? Thank you. Great photo.