Yellow-throated water turtles are mainly distributed in Anhui, Fujian, and Guangxi regions, and are commonly found in mountain basins or river valleys in hilly and semi-mountainous areas. , often in nearby small bushes or grass. But these are mainly the divisions of the North Throat, and the South Throat has always had relatively few players. There is a pet editor to show you how to distinguish whether the yellow-throated water turtle is a southern species or a northern species.

The head color of the southern yellow-throated water glans is very dull and mostly dark bronze, which is darker than the blue and yellow of the northern throat. The head color of the northern yellow-throated water turtle varies greatly from golden to yellow to cyan, but generally it is more or less cyan, and yellow is not deep bronze. There are two very wide black lines behind the eyes of the southern yellow-throated turtle with a yellow longitudinal stripe running through the middle of the eye (the yellow longitudinal stripes are also thicker than the northern throat), and the color difference is very obvious; while the yellow longitudinal stripe running through the eye of the northern throat The fine lines have only a very thin black border, and the yellow vertical lines and the color of the head are not obvious.

Second, the midline

The black dorsal midline of the carapace of the southern yellow-throated terrapin is very obvious from the neck shield to the last marginal shield, while the northern yellow-throated terrapin even has a back The lines are not wide and the color is very light, often incoherent. The central longitudinal ridge protrusion of the black line part of the southern yellow-throated terrapin is more obvious, but the central longitudinal ridge protrusion of the northern yellow-throated terrapin is not obvious. (Northern yellow-throated terrapin) carapace with black midline, some are completely absent and most of them have a point. (Southern yellow-throated water turtle) has a distinct black back midline at the seedling stage.

3. Marginal shield in the middle of the carapace

The carapace of the southern yellow-throated water turtle feels very flat, and a circle of marginal shields can be seen from top to bottom, while the northern The throat carapace looks down from the top and cannot see the marginal shield in the middle of the carapace.

Fourth, the plastron

The black spots on the plastron of the northern yellow-throated water turtle are very different, ranging from large to small, small to no (ivory), and large to the black spot that almost fills up The entire scutellum of the plastron; the plastron black spots of the south throat are usually larger, and the front and rear links of the black spots of each scutell form an arc, symmetrical on both sides, commonly known as lip-pattern black spots.

5. The degree of depression of the male throat and plastron

The plastron depression of the northern male yellow-throated water turtle is smaller than that of the southern throat, and the plastron depression of the southern male yellow-throated water turtle is very large. Like a big pit, concentrated in the middle.