The Northern Armored Turtle
The carapace of the Northern Armored Turtle is olive to dark in color Brown, without markings, smooth and without edges. No special enlargement of the edge shield. The plastron is yellow to brown, with two hinge joints and 11 scutes. The male turtle has a well-developed spike at the end of its tail, and rough scales on the inside of its hind legs.
The male turtles are generally significantly smaller than the female turtles. The male turtles are also similar to the common water turtles and have the characteristics of inking. The male turtles have a very thick tail. Most of the adults are in the 9~10CM, female turtles are generally larger and wider, and adults are mostly 11~13CM. There is a hard keratinized skin on the crook of the male turtle's hind legs, which is used to catch the female turtle during mating. Because the difference between male and female tails is very obvious, you don’t need to look at anything else, just look at the separation of the tails.
Hatching is not different from that of ordinary water turtles. It is usually artificially hatched at a constant temperature of 30 degrees. In the early stage, the humidity is controlled at more than 95%, and a large amount of blood will appear in one and a half months. Finally, the humidity can be slightly lower, and the eggs can be exposed slightly. After two and a half months, a humidity of about 80% will be enough. Then the eggs can be exposed more, and only a small half of them are in the vermiculite. Generally speaking, the arrangement is 85 to 95 days.
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