Serrated Hinged Terrapin
Mfutsu
Vito
Serrated Hinged Terrapin, Mfutsu (Pelusios sinuatus)
Klilasi
Reptilia
Swakudya
Tsetudines
Ndyangu
Pelomedusidae
Ku leha (Xisati)
300 - 400 mm
Ku leha (Xinuna)
300 - 400 mm
Nhlamuselo
Muxaka lowu wa mfuntsu hi wona lowukulu eka ndyangu wa swona. Tinxaka letin’wana timbirhi ta ti futsu tina muhlovo wa ntima. Tiva na muhlovo wa xitshopani nyana laha enhlaneni yiva na nhlonge yotiyela swinene. Nhlonge ya nkolo na milenge yina muhlovo wa mpunwa wobasuluka nyana.
Ku hangalaka
Mfuntsu leya muxaka lowu yikumeka e East Africa laha kungana minsinya yoleya leyi rhandzaka mati, kufamba swiza swiya fikela e nambyeni wa Zambezi kuya e Victoria Falls, nale dzongeni wa Zululand.
Kutswalana
Mfuntsu ya xisati yitshikela matandza yoringana 7 - 25, kwalomu ka 500 m kusuka ematini, hi October kuya fikela January. Le nhoveni vana vakona vasungula kuvonaka hi March - April.
Swo switiva
Mfuntsu yina risema rinwana leri yiri humesaka loko yi chavisiwile.
