The Painted Toad Turtle
The Painted Toad Turtle is a small species of water turtle , Generally speaking, the color of the carapace is black or dark. Generally speaking, the color of the carapace of a tortoise is related to the degree of sunlight exposure. However, the carapace of the painted toad turtle will not change due to sunlight. Changes have occurred, and this is a turtle that does not like to bask in the sun.
The carapace of the Painted Toad Turtle is grey-brown, oval in shape, with a flat top. The plastron is grayish-yellow, with no spots on each scute. The laryngeal scute separates the laryngeal scute, but does not completely separate the humeral scute. The head is rounder, the top is gray, flat, and scaly. There are two light yellow stripes behind the eyes, which spread to the back of the head. The throat, neck and abdomen are gray-white, and the lower jaw has a pair of gray-white antennae. The backs and abdomen of the hands and feet are gray, with developed webs between the fingers and toes, 5 claws on the forelimbs and 4 claws on the hind limbs. The tail is short.
The carapace of the painted toad turtle is small, with the largest adult being only 20cm. The gender of the adult is also easy to distinguish. Often the male turtle’s carapace is concave. , the tail is also longer and larger than that of the female turtle.
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