The preferred natural habitats of L. yuwonoi are freshwater swamps and rivers.[1][4] They also prefer a heavily covered area rather than a more open area. They like broadleaf canopy cover and deeper ground cover. [7]
Conservation
Conservation methods are very important with species, due to very low numbers in this species and with people destroying their habitats for agriculture purposes. [8] As of 2016 The Riverview Zoo in Peterborough, Ontario, had managed to hatch two Sulawesi forest turtles.[9] As of 2022, there are only a few captive populations where we have been able to gain an understanding of Sulawesi forest turtles.[7]
See also
Forsten's tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii) – another threatened turtle endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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^ abSimms, Angela, et al. "Preliminary Insights on the Spatial Ecology, Population Demography, and Sexual Dimorphism of the Critically Endangered Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi)." Journal of Herpetology 56.4 (2022): 461-469.
^Riyanto, A. 2006. Notes on exploitation, population status, distribution, and natural history of the Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) in North Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5:320–323
Artner H (2008). "The world's extant turtle species, Part 1". Emys15 (3): 4–32. (Notochelys yuwonoi, new combination, p. 10).
Fritz U, Obst FJ (1996). "Zur Kenntnis der Celebes-Erdschildkröte, Heosemys yuwonoi (McCord, Iverson & Boeadi, 1995)". Herpetofauna18 (102): 27–34. (Heosemys yuwonoi, new combination). (in German).
McCord WP, Iverson JB, Boeadi [B] (1995). "A New Batagurid Turtle from Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia". Chelonian Conservation and Biology1 (4): 311–316. (Geoemyda yuwonoi, new species).
McCord WP, Iverson JB, Spinks, Shaffer HB (2000). "A new genus of geoemydid turtle from Asia". Hamadryad25 (2): 20–24. (Leucocephalon, new genus; L. yuwonoi, new combination).
