If you also have such troubles, don’t worry, as long as you get the following characteristics of the Florida red-bellied turtle, everyone will have a much clearer understanding of it.

First, the carapace markings are more vivid

Although its carapace markings are very similar to the donut tortoise, if you look closely, the Florida Red The patterns of the belly tortoise are significantly more vivid, and some individuals are even orange-red, orange or fluorescent cyan, which is very dazzling.

Looking at the donut turtle, the color of its carapace markings is mainly yellow or cream, which is much darker than the former.

2. Yellow-white patches behind the ears

The skin surface of the head, tail and limbs of the Florida red-bellied tortoise is mainly brown-black and olive-green. And the whole body is covered with bright yellow or yellow-white stripes, meandering, and its color and style are very similar to those of the Brazilian tortoise.

But on closer inspection, the Florida red-bellied tortoise has a yellow-white patch behind the ear, and some individuals have a patch that extends back and merges with the stripes. This feature is not found in the Brazilian tortoise.

Third, red belly is one of the features

Turn over the Florida red belly to see that its plastron is orange-red or Pale pink. There are also instances where the edges of the plastron are yellow, as if fading. In fact, it is not, because there are no individuals with all yellow plastrons. If there are, you must be mistaken, and it is likely to be a Brazilian turtle or a donut turtle.

Four. Strong adaptability

The Florida red-bellied tortoise was once a popular breed of turtles for breeding and viewing. In addition to its distinctive appearance, it also has strong adaptability and is easy to raise, which is embodied in the following points:

1. Changing the environment: When the Florida red-bellied tortoise changes its living environment, it only takes a short period of time. Time can adapt, and sweep away the fatigue of journey and restore its lively nature.

2. Frightened: When frightened, it usually hides underwater, but after a while, it will go to the shore to bask in the sun. After all, sunbathing is its favorite daily activity one. If you see it submerged for a long time without coming out, it must be foraging or eating.

Warm reminder: If you want to raise Florida red-bellied turtles, you must ensure that the starting channels are legal, and do not catch or trade wild species~

V. Staple Food

While young Florida red-bellied tortoises will eat fish, shrimp, shellfish and even various insects in addition to aquatic plants, as adults, they will gradually switch to a vegan diet. The Brazilian turtle and the donut turtle are mainly carnivorous, and occasionally eat aquatic plants such as algae. Their diets are quite different.

After reading the above five characteristics, I believe everyone has a clearer understanding of the Florida red-bellied turtle~