Pig-nosed turtle
The pig-nosed turtle is more like a turtle, because the pig-nosed turtle's carapace is It has no hard shell, and its nose is the biggest attraction. The nose of the pig-nosed turtle is like a pig's nose. It has a bright personality and lives like a strange fish in the water, so there are many people raising it.
There is a gray stripe behind the eye. The hands and feet are specially modified into fins to adapt to aquatic life, and they cannot be retracted into the shell. There are two prominent claws at the midpoint of each forelimb, which is also one of its characteristics. The tail is short, and is covered with a row of crescent-shaped scales. These scales gradually decrease from the base of the tail to the top. There are obvious skin folds on both sides of the tail, which spread through the thigh roots to the hind limbs. The tail of adult male turtles is longer and the cloaca is located further back; while the tail of female turtles is shorter.
The length of the carapace of pig-nosed turtles generally reaches 46~51cm, and the body weight is generally 18~22Kg. The largest pig-nosed turtle ever found is The length of the carapace reaches 56.3cm, and the body weight reaches 22.5 kg. Its carapace is round and dark gray, olive gray or brown gray, with a row of white freckles near the edge. The edges are slightly serrated, and because the outer bones are well developed and well-structured, they don't have a skirt like that of a turtle. There are no scutes, instead there are continuous and slightly wrinkled skin. There is a row of spiny ridges in the middle of the carapace. The body's plastron is light in color, white, milky white or light yellow, slightly cross-shaped. The head is of moderate size and cannot be retracted into the shell.
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