Maple Leaf Turtle (definite introduction)
The Maple Leaf Turtle is what we often call the ground turtle, because It looks like a maple leaf, hence the name. Ground tortoises also exist wildly in our country, but they are nationally protected animals. Moreover, ground tortoises are notoriously difficult to raise, so it is recommended that no one try them easily.
The ground turtle is small, with the adult carapace only 120 mm long and 78 mm wide. Its head is light brown, the head is small, the back is smooth, the upper beak is hooked, the eyes are large and protruding, and there are light yellow vertical stripes from the side of the snout along the eyes to the side of the neck. The carapace is golden or orange, with three ridges in the center and twelve teeth on both the front and rear edges, so it is called the "twelve-ridged turtle". The plastron is brown and black, with light yellow patterns on both sides. The nail bridge is obvious, and the dorsal and ventral carapace are connected by bone sutures. The hind limbs are light brown with red or black patterns, the fingers and toes are webbed, and the tail is short and thin.
Chinese name: Maple Leaf Turtle
Chinese alias :Ground turtle, black-breasted leaf turtle, long-tailed mountain turtle, mud turtle, twelve-sided turtle
English name: Black-breatsed Leaf Turtle
Binary name:spengleri
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Vertebrate subphylum
Class:Protozoa
Order: Turtles
Suborder: Turtles
Family:Chelinidae
Subfamily:Freshwater Cheloninae< /p>
Genus: Gebrella
Species: strong>Maple Leaf Turtle
Dispersed:Western Yunnan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hainan, Vietnam, Indonesia and other places in China p>
Price: Relatively cheap, but difficult to maintain, generally smaller ones cost around 100 yuan.
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