About this turtle, what many people are curious about is that the Chinese and American snapping turtles are usually very safe and secure in the water, sometimes even the small fish and shrimp that are brought to their mouths I'm too lazy to take care of it, why does the adrenaline immediately increase several grades and bite the prey? In fact, the reason is very simple. The Chinese and American snapping turtles generally go to the water when they have enough to eat and drink, and they are not water turtles. They usually soak in the water because of the comparative climate in Central America. Dry, the Chinese and American snapping turtles have been in such an environment for a long time, and the tortoise shells are prone to cracking, so in order to avoid this from happening, they choose to quietly bath in the water for several hours a day.

Many people don't know much about the morphological characteristics and habitat environment of Chinese and American snapping turtles. The following editor will introduce them in detail.

1. Species information

1. Chinese name: Sino-American snapping turtle

2 , English name: Mexican Snapping Turtle

3, Latin name: Chelydra serpentina rossignoni

4, Kingdom: Animalia

5, Door: Chordate

6, Subphylum: Vertebrate Subphylum

7, Class: Reptiles

8, Order: Turtles

9 , suborder: suborder of the suborder of the suborder of the turtles

10, family: snapping turtles

11, genus: snapping turtles

12, species: snapping turtles Snapping turtle

13. Suitable temperature: 24~28℃

14. Distribution area: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.

15, Named by, Time: Bocourt, 1868

16, IUCN Protection Level: VU

II. Morphological characteristics

1. Body length: about 30~45cm.

2. Head: The head is relatively broad and strong, the upper part is flat and dark brown, the snout is narrow and slender, and the nose is pointed.

3. Lower jaw: The lower jaw has two pairs of particularly noticeable thin and long beards.

4. Neck: The fleshy spines on the neck epidermis are thin and pointed, very prominent, and the long nodules near the neck also cover the skin.

5. Carapace: The carapace part is inclined to a rectangle without obvious bulge. The third vertebral shield is larger, accounting for 25% of the carapace length. The anterior segment of the plastron accounts for more than 40% of the length of the carapace. The carapace varies in color, such as brown to olive or olive to black, sometimes with algae, the carapace of juveniles is dark gray to black, the carapace of the fringe shield has white spots, and the plastron has white spots.

III. Habitat

Sino-American snapping turtles like to inhabit swamps, ponds and lakes, and some In rivers with relatively slow water flow.

Four. Breeding

The breeding season of Chinese and American snapping turtles is generally from April to June each year. Lays about 20~30 spherical eggs, about 3~4cm long, and the incubation period is about 60~90 days.

The above is the editor's introduction to the Chinese and American snapping turtles. If you have any thoughts after reading it, please comment below.