This terrestrial freshwater crab is from Java Island. Java is the 13th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in Indonesia. A chain of volcanic mountains forms an east-west spine along the island. It has three main languages, though Javanese is dominant and is the native language of 60 million people in Indonesia, most of whom live on Java.
Males and femals are completely dark brown to black, only the scissors are orange. The claws of males are hairy on the last third.
This species is omnivores. They can take frozen food such as brine shrimp, mosquito larvae, cyclops) as well as fish flakes, granules and fruit. However, the foods need to provide calcium such as: cuttlebone or egg shells as needed.
This attractive Crab is successfully bred in captivity and also it is easy to take care of.
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