Buchner's tortoise, also known as Meteor Zephyr, is a semi-aquatic tortoise with a lifespan of between 60 and 80 years.

Nowadays, with the destruction of habitat and malicious capture, the number of bred's tortoises is decreasing year by year, and they are now included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN 2010). ver 3.1) - Endangered (EN), it is illegal to breed or trade by individuals.

Such rare turtles deserve to be understood in detail, and I hope that after understanding, we can better protect them! The following editor will briefly introduce the Brinell's tortoise from these aspects.

First, the basics Information

English name: Blanding's turtle

Latin name: Emydoidea blandingii

Family: Turtle

Genus: Pseudo Turtle

Name and age: Holbrook, 1838

Distribution area: United States and Canada

II. Appearance characteristics

1. Body size: The body size is small, the weight of the adult Brucella tortoises is between 750-1400 grams, and the length of the carapace is between 150-240 mm.

2. Head: The head is slightly flat, the eyes are prominent, the neck is very long, and the lower jaw and throat are bright yellow.

3. Carapace: The carapace is smooth, shaped like a steel helmet, and varies in color from dark brown to black; there are many irregular shapes on the carapace, as well as radially arranged yellow dots and worm patterns, It looks beautiful.

4. Plastron: The plastron of the adult Bryant's tortoise has various black and yellow patterns, but the more common one is the yellow pattern.

PS: There is no big difference in appearance between males and females, but the plastron of males is usually more concave than that of females.

III. Habits

1. Habits

Bryonyx tortoises are more resistant to cold and are mainly aquatic. They prefer to live in calm waters and generally inhabit ponds, swamps, creeks, and shallow waters of lakes with soft bottoms and lush vegetation. But often to dry on land. However, they are shy by nature, and if they are slightly frightened on land, they will quickly escape into the water, so they also have the title of cowardly.

2. Eating habits

Bruce's tortoises are omnivorous turtles and like to eat fish, frogs, crayfish, carrion, berries and vegetable fragments. They forage very much like crocodiles, and when small fish swim past them, they suddenly stretch their necks and eat them into their mouths.

Four. Breeding methods

Most of the Brüner's tortoises are polyandrous, and they usually mate in late autumn and early spring. 3-19 eggs. The incubation temperature determines the sex of the tortoise and the incubation time. When the incubation temperature is between 26.5-30 degrees Celsius, males are produced; when the incubation temperature is higher than 30 degrees Celsius, females are produced. Eggs of the brunettes turtle typically take 49 days to hatch at 31 degrees Celsius; about 2 weeks at 26.5 degrees Celsius.

Okay, that's about it A brief introduction to the Brinell's tortoise, I hope everyone can work together to protect the environment and protect wild animals.