There are currently five known species of the golden tortoise, all of which are distributed from Guangxi, Yunnan, China to the Indo-China Peninsula. Among them, Eupatorus gracilicornisg is the largest and most colorful one.Variety.

Chinese name : Eupatorus gracilicornis

Latin name: Eupatorus gracilicornis

Alternative name: Pentagram   Douchong

Kingdom: Animalia

Genus: Douchong Genus Eupatorussp

Distribution area: Yunnan Guangxi, China to Indochina Peninsula, Southwest China, Southeast Asia Peninsula

The black and bright pronotum has four unique chest horns plus the horns on the head, with yellow bright elytra, the shape is very unique and beautiful. Generally, the processed products of the five-cornered pockets commonly found in the international specimen market are all It is from Thailand, and the same variety is also produced in southwest China, In comparison, Chinese elytra are slightly darker in color and generally smaller in size. Body length record of wild individuals: ♂95mm+ (individuals from Thailand) length records of breeding individuals: ♂89mm+ (individuals from Thailand

The body is long oval, the back is very arched, dark brown, the elytra is grass yellow to yellowish brown except around, very shiny. The head is small, the front edge of the lip base is double-toothed, and there is a nearly cylindrical slender head on the head Retrocurved solution. Antennae with 10 segments, gills with 3 segments. Pronotum is very arched, narrow in front and broad in back, scattered with fine engravings, anterior to the back and top with 2 pairs of powerful horns of the front finger, There are borders all around, and the posterior segments of the lateral margins are nearly parallel. The elytra are evenly distributed with fine engravings, and the 4 longitudinal ribs are vague but distinguishable. There is one row of hairs on each side of the abdominal web. The outer edge of the forefoot tibia has 3 teeth, and the middle teeth are close to the end. Teeth; 2 teeth on the edge of the tibia of the midfoot and hind foot, the first tarsus of the hind foot is shorter than the subsequent segments; each foot has a pair of claws. The body is huge, with 5 strong horns on the head and pronotum The protrusion is the most prominent feature.