{"id":2758,"date":"2004-04-10T02:56:40","date_gmt":"2004-04-10T01:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservationpulse.com\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2020-02-27T03:27:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T03:27:45","slug":"2004-04-cuora-galbinifrons-new-breeding-enclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/2004-04-cuora-galbinifrons-new-breeding-enclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"New Breeding Enclosure for Cuora galbinifrons at the Turtle Cuc Phuong Conservation Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent improvements have renovated one of the center&#8217;s earliest secure cages into a free-ranging breeding environment for the critically endangered Indochinese box turtle,\u00a0<em>Cuora galbinifrons<\/em>. The new environmentally rich habitat encompasses 84 square meters, and includes a functioning shallow stream interspersed with pools, a small emergent sedge wetland with mud substrate, banana grove, and plenty of places for turtles to hide amongst leaf litter, logs, and rocky caves. In June, eight\u00a0<em>Cuora galbinifrons<\/em>\u00a0were moved into the new environment which also includes a built in sprinkler system to help maintain a high level of humidity and keep the turtles from drying out on hotter days.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cuora galbinifrons<\/em>\u00a0is one of five priority species for which the\u00a0<a href=\"..\/..\/..\/tcc-home-page.html\"><strong>TCC<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is working to develop breeding assurance populations for conservation. Specialized breeding enclosures have also been established at the TCC for\u00a0<em>Cuora mouhotii<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Sacalia quadriocellata<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Mauremys annamensis<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Hot News:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0This year was particularly important for\u00a0<em>Cuora galbinifrons<\/em>\u00a0at the TCC because it was the first year that a number of eggs were successfully hatched. Following nesting, the eggs were secured in specially designed in situ incubation chambers, designed to protect the eggs from predators while they incubated under natural conditions in the enclosures.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Breeding of the Indochinese Box Turtle<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nests<\/strong>: March to June laying<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clutch size:<\/strong>\u00a01-2 eggs per clutch under leaf litter and vegetation debris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Incubation period:<\/strong>\u00a0The eggs hatch in 60-90 days<\/p>\n<p>Press release by the Asian Turtle Conservation Network<\/p>\n<p>Date: April 2004<a href=\"http:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/logo_Auckland_zoo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2658 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/logo_Auckland_zoo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/logo_Auckland_zoo.png 316w, https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/logo_Auckland_zoo-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to the Auckland Zoo of New Zealand for their support in establishing this special environment for\u00a0<em>Cuora galbinifrons<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/04\/enclosure-design.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2763 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/04\/enclosure-design.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent improvements have renovated one of the center&#8217;s earliest secure cages into a free-ranging breeding environment for the critically endangered &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/2004-04-cuora-galbinifrons-new-breeding-enclosure\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,49],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atp-news","category-tcc","tag-cuora-galbinifrons"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"vi","enabled_languages":["en","vi"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"vi":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2766,"href":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions\/2766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}