Yellow-throated terrapins are very popular turtlesOne of the varieties, widely distributed in my country, the price of turtles fluctuates relatively large, the price of seedlings is sometimes a few hundred yuan, sometimes nearly a thousand yuan, but no matter what Can't stop people from loving it.

Yellow-throated terrapin (detailed introduction), also known as yellow-throated terrapin, stone turtle, stone money, yellow-slab turtle, fragrant turtle, etc., is the distribution of weeding turtle in my country. The most widespread and common one, with high appreciation value and important medicinal and edible value. Its model origin is in Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang.

Chinese name: Yellow-throated water turtle

Latin name: AsianYellowPondTurtle

Nicknames: stone turtle, stone money turtle, water turtle, yellow turtle, yellow turtle, fragrant turtle

Binomial: Mauremysmutica

Door: Chordate

Class: Reptiles

Order: Turtles

Family: Turtle family

Genus: Pseudomonas

Species: Yellow-throated terrapin

Distribution area: In my country, it is mainly distributed in the southern region; in foreign countries, it is mainly distributed in Vietnam and other countries.

Physical characteristics: The yellow-throated terrapin is about 15-20cm long and has a flat oval shape.

Living habits: similar to tortoises, mostly in the water during the day, sometimes basking in the sun on the shore, and out at night for activities and foraging.

Feeding habit: It is omnivorous and has a wide range of food, preferring animal feed.

The yellow-throated terrapin (details) is also known as a stone turtle, and some people call it a money turtle. It is regarded as the incarnation of a good wish. What about these "nicknames"? The main reason lies in the characteristics of its appearance. This is a turtle that "changes color".

The yellow-throated turtle shell is about 15-20cm long, with a small head, a smooth top, olive green, a depression in the middle of the upper beak, a clear tympanic membrane, and two yellow lines on the side of the head Passing through the eyes, the throat is pale yellow. The carapace is flat, brown-yellow-green or brown-black, with three ridges, the central one is more obvious, and the rear edge is slightly serrated. The plastron is yellow, with large ink stains on the outside of each scutellum. The limbs are relatively flat, brown-gray on the outside and yellow on the inside, with five fingers on the front limbs, four toes on the hind limbs, webbed between the fingers and toes, and a short tail.

Yellow-throated terrapins have body color changes during the growth process, and the color of the head changes the fastest. In seasons with high activity, such as changing the habitat of the yellow-throated terrapin, it may only take a few weeks or less for the yellow-throated terrapin to change its head color significantly. It was also found that in the original habitat of the yellow-throated terrapin, the color of the limbs and carapace of the yellow-throated terrapins living in the same stream of about the same age is basically the same. If inhabiting a stream full of colored pebbles, the shell color of the yellow-throated terrapin will gradually turn black, and it looks like a pebble in the stream. It is estimated that the nickname "Stone Turtle" is also derived from this. pregnancy.

Yellow-throated terrapins have strong disease resistance and are resistant to hunger and cold. It is an amphibious animal, but it lives mostly in water. The egg laying period is from April to August every year. Generally, a female turtle with good health and nutritional status can lay 1-3 eggs a year, 1-10 eggs each time. The diet of the yellow-throated terrapin is omnivorous, and the small fish Shrimp, meat, offal and scraps or inferior products, snails, frogs, snake, peel, tender grass, bananas, corn, etc. can be used as food, but fresh meat is my favorite. From June to September every year, the appetite is the strongest and the growth is the fastest. The yellow-throated terrapin generally starts laying eggs in mid-April, and basically stops laying eggs in late August. May-June is the peak spawning period, and spawning decreases significantly after mid-July. It is ideal to hatch turtle eggs with natural temperature and artificially controlled humidity (juvenile turtles hatched by this method grow fast and have strong disease resistance). Generally, after 55 days of incubation, juveniles of yellow-throated terrapins can be hatched in batches. turtle.

Yellow-throated terrapins are omnivorous and have a wide range of food. Animals can be fed poultry offal, pork and offal, mixed feed, and plants can be fed melons and fruits vegetable. The yellow-throated terrapin likes to forage in the water. When feeding, it first climbs close to the food, stares with both eyes, then stretches its neck, bites the food and swallows it. If the food is too large, use the two front claws to tear the food into pieces before swallowing.

Although the yellow-throated terrapin is omnivorous, in fact, artificially fed yellow-throated terrapins rarely eat plant food, and the yellow-throated terrapin Turtles like to eat shrimp, and shrimp is also a good food choice for yellow throat, so it can be considered.

1. Food selection

Yellow-throated terrapins are omnivorous and eat a wide range of food, preferring animal feed. Animals can be fed poultry offal, pork and offal, mixed feed, and plants can be fed fruits and vegetables. The yellow-throated terrapin likes to forage in the water. When feeding, it first climbs close to the food, stares with both eyes, then stretches its neck, bites the food and swallows it. If the food is too large, use the two front claws to tear the food into pieces before swallowing.

Second, feeding frequency

Yellow-throated terrapins can be fed once every other day, 7-8 minutes each time they are full. The pet tortoise raised by the family has a small amount of activity, so he should not be allowed to eat enough at one time. After feeding, let him digest it for a day, and then feed it the next day.

Three, feeding time

The best time is 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning. After the pet turtle eats, the sun is high and the stomach is full. It is comfortable to bask in the sun lazily!