A rare individual golden-fronted box turtle in the Central region, classified as an endangered wild animal, was recently discovered by a household in Thua Thien Hue province in the family’s garden.
On the afternoon of March 30, Mr. Ho Van Sao, Deputy Head of the Forest Ranger Department of A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province, said that the unit had received an individual golden-fronted box turtle from local people to release back into the environment. natural school.
This individual turtle weighing 0.4kg was discovered by Ms. Ngo Thi Nham (residing in A Luoi town, A Luoi district) in her garden and voluntarily contacted the authorities to hand it over.
People handed over individual yellow-fronted box turtles to the authorities for release back into the natural environment (Photo: A Luoi Forest Ranger District)
According to Mr. Sao, the Central region’s golden-fronted box turtle (scientific name Coura bourreti) is a wild animal belonging to group IB, endangered, precious, rare, and prioritized for protection.
The central region’s golden-fronted box turtle is an endemic species, distributed from Khanh Hoa to Thua Thien Hue.
Central region’s golden-fronted box turtle was discovered at Bach Ma Mountain (Photo: Bach Ma National Park)
Recently, officials of Bach Ma National Park (Phu Loc district, Thua Thien Hue province) discovered an individual Central golden box turtle in the Bach Ma forest area.
Previously, at the end of 2023, a resident of Huong Thuy town, Thua Thien Hue province also handed over to the authorities an individual of this rare turtle weighing 0.8kg to release into the natural environment. .
