The Alamo mud turtle, native to Mexico in the United States, belongs to the turtle family, and its back is yellow in color. This tortoise is mainly distributed in the coastal areas of the Pacific Ocean and is not widely distributed. In hot summer, it will also enter aestivation. Timid and shy, this tortoise is very sensitive to its surroundings and easily startled. In general, male and female Alamo mud turtles are easy to distinguish. The female turtle is slightly larger than the male turtle, and its back is slightly convex and the tail is short, which is very distinctive.

1. Morphological characteristics of the Alamo mud turtle

The Alamo mud turtle is of medium size, with a narrow and flat back, slightly Semi-circular, its carapace does not have ridges like other turtle species, and its body colors include tan, brown, and olive. In addition, the tortoise's abdomen is very developed and flexible, and its head, limbs and tail can be stretched and retracted inside the turtle shell. Of course, this is basically the manifestation of its fright. Not only that, the mouth and nose of the Alamo mud turtle are short and small, and its jaws are not necessarily developed.

Second, the living habits of the Alamo mud turtle

The Alamo mud tortoise is gentle, timid and fearful by nature, and is very sensitive to the surrounding things. However, this turtle has strong high temperature resistance and can survive safely in a high temperature environment. Usually after the rain, the Alamo mud turtles are very active and often go out to play. Every summer, they rarely go out to play, perhaps hiding in the cave to rest because of the heat. In addition, the Alamo mud turtle usually likes to live in a dark and humid environment, and has the habit of climbing. It is a typical daytime animal!

3. Raising the Alamo mud turtle

【Raising Environment】

It should be noted that for some hatchlings that have just arrived at their new home, they generally need half a A month or so of acclimation time, during which it will also slowly adjust to its new owner. It should be noted that the focus of Alamo mud turtle breeding should be on its temperature. In the daytime, its suitable temperature is about 24 degrees Celsius, and at night it should be 20 degrees Celsius. Pay attention to maintaining a certain humidity. If the temperature is less than 20 degrees Celsius, It will refuse to eat, refuse to move, quite willful, so parents should pay attention to this.

【Food Points】

The food of the Alamo mud turtle is more complicated. Almost all the food of the turtles are welcome. Parents can give it to it. Eat some earthworms, blood worms or vegetables and fruits, but in order to balance its food, you should also give it an appropriate amount of larvae, small fish shrimp or other insects, seeds and other foods. It should be noted that this turtle will generally have anorexia and refusal to eat after hibernation. At this time, parents should give it some food with more water and sugar content. After about a few weeks, it will be able to eat normally. After a period of time, parents should also add calcium to the Alamo mud turtle, such as calcium powder, just sprinkle calcium powder on its food when feeding, it is not troublesome!