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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

icotea
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It is also called hicotea, jicotea or orange-eared turtle. It is one of the names of a freshwater turtle and swampy terrain. Its scientific name is Trachemys callirostris and it belongs to the family Emydidae. It is widely consumed in northern Colombia during Lent and Holy Week.

  




Jorge Luis Tovar Díaz

The icotea, also known on the Colombian coast as galapago, is a freshwater animal similar to a turtle but smaller than this one. Of very desired meat, this reptile abounds in the departments of Bolívar, Sucre and Córdoba in Colombia. It is characterized by being an aggressive animal that has sharp teeth with which it could cut a finger to a person.

  


Anónimo

XULNAL: Species of terrestrial turtle.

  



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