Setup
The numbers
Thermal gradient
A real gradient, 30–32°C warm against 21–29°C cool, so the animal chooses. The sheet states no separate night figure.
Why
Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet stateswarm 30-32 °C / cool 21-29 °C
Humidity
The sheet statesDry-zone air humidity around 60-70%
UVB
The sheet states22" Arcadia T5 HO 6% or Zoo Med T5 HO ReptiSun 5.0
Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. reptifiles.com
Enclosure and conditions
Enclosure
Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.
Why
The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».
The sheet states36″L x 18″W x 12″H (90 x 45 x 30cm) or larger
What your climate adds
This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.
What it needs
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.
Food
Diet
Feeding rhythm
Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.
Why
The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.
The sheet statesprotein food or pellets daily (<6 months), every other day (6-12 months), 2-3x/week (>1 year); vegetable food daily; protein foods: crickets, locusts, earthworms, discoid roaches, dubia roaches, freeze-dried shrimp/krill, frozen bloodworms, hornworms, silkworms, snails, mice
The species
CITES II is a global listing and holds in every country. National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.
Questions & sources
Common questions
Why is it expensive?
It is a small, slow-breeding, CITES-listed turtle, and legal captive-bred stock is scarce.
How big does it get?
Small, about 9 to 12 cm, so a modest setup is enough.
Does it like warm water?
It comes from cool marshes and does poorly in constantly warm water, so an air-conditioned room or a water chiller is realistic here.
What does it eat?
Mainly small animal food such as worms, snails, insects and small fish, plus pellets and a little plant matter.
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Others in this group
What this sheet states
This sheet states 6 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.
UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 420 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.