Kura-kura (Turtles)
Mata Mata
Chelus fimbriatus
- langka
- 1 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Looks like a pile of dead leaves. Vacuum-gulps fish whole by snapping its throat open so fast prey has no time to react.
- Populasi
- No formal global population count published; the population trend is stable, with the species described as widespread in the Amazon basin but locally declining from habitat loss and collection for the pet/food trade
- Habitat
- Strictly aquatic; prefers shallow, slow-moving, turbid blackwater rivers, streams, swamps, and marshes with soft muddy bottoms
- Fakta menarik
- The mata mata's bark-like, ridged shell and flat, leaf-shaped head with skin flaps give it near-perfect camouflage as forest debris, letting it ambush fish by suddenly snapping open its mouth to create a vacuum that sucks in prey whole.
- Sebaran
- Amazon basin and associated river systems in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and Trinidad; small introduced population in southeast Florida, USA
- Makanan
- Carnivorous ambush predator; feeds mainly on fish and aquatic invertebrates (worms, crustaceans, mollusks, insects), captured via rapid suction feeding
- Ukuran
- 0,45 m
- Masa hidup
- 15 tahun
