Meteor Zebra turtle, another name for Brinell's tortoise, is highly recognizable. There are many yellow spots and worm patterns in different shapes and radial patterns on the carapace. In addition, its character is more timid, and if it is threatened, it will choose to run away.

Hahaha~ Seeing this, everyone will be curious about it, right? So today, the editor will show you a comprehensive understanding of the Meteor Ze turtle from six aspects!

One 、Basic information

【Chinese name】Blanding's turtle

【Latin name】Emydoidea blandingii

【English name】Blanding's turtle

【Another name】Meteor Zebra tortoise

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Domain】Chordates

【Subphylum】Vertebrates Subphylum

[Class] Reptiles

[Order] Turtles

[Family] Turtle family

[Genus] Pseudo Turtles

[Species] Bryanthus

[Named by] Holbrook

[Named] 1838

[Main] Distribution] United States and Canada

II. Appearance characteristics

Meteor zebra turtle has a flat head; prominent eyes; long neck; its carapace Shaped like a steel helmet, it is relatively smooth, with a dark brown or black background; its plastron is yellow with some large black patches; its limbs have yellow scales, and there are webs between the fingers and toes. In addition, we can judge the sex of the Meteor Zebra turtle by the degree of concave plastron, because under normal circumstances, the male plastron will be more concave.

Three , Differences with other turtles

1. Differences with European sea turtles

Meteor sea turtles and European sea turtles can be distinguished from the color of their jaws. The color of the chin of the meteor turtle is yellow, and the chin of the European turtle has a dark background with some yellow-white spots.

2. The difference with the Carolina box turtle

The body size of the meteor turtle is generally larger than that of the Carolina box turtle, and the throat and abdomen of the meteor turtle are both Bright yellow, the Carolina box turtle has only the chin yellow, the rest of it is not.

IV. Habits

1. Meteor turtles are semi-aquatic turtles and usually live in ponds, swamps and ponds with rich vegetation and soft bottoms. Shallow areas of lakes, etc., they also crawl on land to bask in the sun.

2. Meteor turtles will choose their habitats according to the water temperature. When the water temperature reaches above 27 degrees Celsius, they will re-search for a place to live.

3. Meteor turtles are omnivorous turtles, mainly eating some fish, frogs and plants.

V. Breeding methods

Meteor Zebra tortoises implement polyandry, and its reproduction method is oviparous, and the breeding time is annual Early March-early April. The time for female turtles to lay eggs is from mid to late June to early July. They only lay eggs once a year, and each time they can lay 3-19 eggs.

Six. Population Status

Meteor Zebra tortoise is a protected animal and has been recorded in several protected lists, as follows:

1. World Conservation Union Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN 2010), endangered.

2. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Appendix II).

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