Animals by Scientific Class Names

Teratoscincus roborowskii,Chinese wonder gecko,Frog-eyed Gecko

Features：It was originally a subspecies of the Ili Sand Tiger, but was later separated

The foreign name of Turpan sand tiger is Chinese wonder gecko, and it has no subspecies.The feeding habits of Turpan sand tigers were studied using feces analysis. The results show that: from April to May, Turpan sand tigers feed on animal food, mainly small arthropods; from June to September, they...

Teratoscincus scincus,Common Wonder Gecko,Frog-eyed gecko, large (small) species of fine-scale frog eyes, Kashiwa sand tiger

Features：It is a typical nocturnal gecko.

Foreign name Common Wonder Gecko, no subspecies.The Ili Sand Tiger lives in the desert and desert steppe areas on the edge of the oasis. Ili sand tigers are typical nocturnal geckos. They usually do not come out to move during the day. They often hide in the burrows they dug in advance, which are ab...

Gecko,Gekko gecko,Gecko, fairy toad, dog, crab, gecko snake, giant gecko

Features：Hearing is strong, but vision is poor during the day, afraid of strong light stimulation

The foreign name of the gecko is Gecko, and there are 2 subspecies.The gecko is usually active from March to November, and hibernates deep in the cracks of rocks from December to January of the following year. It has strong hearing, but poor vision during the day. It is afraid of strong light stimul...

Sacalia quadriocellata,Four-eyed Turtle,Six-eyed turtle, four-eyed turtle, four-eyed spotted turtle

Features：The head and neck are brown-olive in color, with two pairs of eye spots closely arranged on the back of the head.

Four-eyed turtle is called Four-eyed Turtle in foreign language, and has no subspecies.In nature, four-eyed turtles like to live in pits and ditches in mountainous and hilly areas, and often live in dark places, such as under stones and in tree roots. The four-eyed spotted turtle is very timid. Once...

Cuora zhoui,Zhou`s Box Turtle,Black box turtle, black turtle

Features：Carapace is black or earthy black, with a tiny notch between the left and right hip shields

Zhou's Box Turtle is called Zhou's Box Turtle in foreign language, and has no subspecies.Zhou's Box Turtle is named after Zhou Jiufa, the director of Nanjing Wulongtan Park, who discovered this turtle species in February 1990.The living habits of wild Zhou's box turtles have not been...

Cuora yunnanensis,Yunnan box turtle,turtle

Features：The carapace is slightly flat, the rear edge of the plastron has a clear notch, and there are no three black vertical lines on the back

Yunnan box turtle is called Yunnan box turtle in foreign language, and has no subspecies.Yunnan box turtle was originally named after the specimen collected by foreign missionary Boulenger in Yunnan in 1906.The Yunnan box turtle lives in the plateau mountains at an altitude of 2000-2260 meters, and...

Cuora picturata,Southern Vietnam Box Turtle,Annam's box turtle

Features：Cream or yellow head, cream belly, with a large black spot on each scale

The foreign name of the patterned box turtle is Southern Vietnam Box Turtle, and there is no subspecies.The patterned box turtle was previously published as the yellow-fronted box turtle pictorial subspecies (Cuora galbinifrons picturata), and in 2004 Stuart and Parram (Stuart & Parham promoted...

Cuora pani,Pan's box turtle,Pan's box turtle

Features：At around 15℃, they stop eating or eat less, and below 10℃, they enter hibernation

Pan's box turtle is called Pan's box turtle in foreign language, and has no subspecies.Pan's box turtle is the northernmost species of the genus Pan's box turtle in China. It was first discovered in 1981 in a ditch beside a rice field at an altitude of 420 meters in Xujiaba, Pingli C...

Cuora mouhotii,Keeled Box Turtle,Saw-edged box turtle, octagonal turtle, octagonal turtle, square turtle, saw-edged box turtle

Features：It likes warmth and is afraid of cold. The front and rear edges of the carapace have serrated shields.

Keeled Box Turtle has two subspecies.Keeled Box Turtle feeds on animals, but also plants, especially live food, such as locusts, mealworms, earthworms, etc. It likes warmth and is afraid of cold. It hibernates when the ambient temperature is 19℃, eats normally at 25℃, and eats the most at 28-31℃....

Cuora mccordi,Bose box terrapin,Mccord's Box Turtle,MacArthur's box turtle

Features：It is named after its origin near Baise City in Guangxi.

Bose box turtle is called Bose box terrapin in English, and has no subspecies.The Baise Box Turtle was named by C.H Emst in August 1988 based on the specimens purchased from the west of Baise City, Guangxi, China, near the border of Yunnan. Because its origin is near Baise City, Guangxi, the Chinese...

Cuora galbinifrons,Indochinese Box Turtle,Hainan box turtle, yellow-fronted box turtle

Features：The dry season has a hibernation period of nearly 4 months

The foreign name of the yellow-fronted box turtle is Indochinese Box Turtle, and there is no subspecies.The yellow-fronted box turtle likes to live in streams and shallow water areas in hilly and mountainous areas, and often hides in fallen leaves under the forest. It is diurnal and often lives by s...

Cuora flavomarginata,Yellow-margined Box Turtle, splint turtle, snake-killing turtle, broken plate turtle, yellow-margined box turtle

Features：Likes to live in groups and is not afraid of people

Yellow-margined Box Turtle has two subspecies.Yellow-margined Box Turtle is bolder than other freshwater turtles and is not afraid of people. Except for the mating season, it rarely fights with its own kind. After one month of domestication, individuals can develop the habit of eating at regular tim...

Cuora trifasciata,Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle,Golden coin turtle, golden head turtle, red edge turtle, red belly turtle, broken board turtle, Sichuan back turtle

Features：It is an edible turtle species in southern China and is also commonly used as medicine by the people.

The three-striped box turtle is called Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle in English, and there are 2 subspecies.The two subspecies of the three-striped box turtle have similar diets and other biological characteristics. The Vietnamese subspecies is more adaptable and grows faster than the Hainan subs...

Cuora bourreti,Bourett's Box Turtle,Brandt's box turtle,Bourett's Box Turtle,Cuora galbinifrons bourreti Obst & Reimann

Features：The head color is brighter, the body is larger than the patterned closed-shell turtle, and is elongated and oval.

Bourett's Box Turtle is a medium-sized land turtle.The Bourreti box turtle was previously published as Cuora galbinifrons bourreti, and was first described by Stuart and Parram in 2004. Parham promoted it to an independent species; in 2006, Fritz et al. questioned its independent species status;...

Golden-headed Box Turtle,Golden turtle, splint turtle, yellow turtle

Features：The head is golden yellow, with slightly yellowish brown on the sides and three thin black stripes

Golden-headed Box Turtle, with two subspecies.In the late 1980s, Luo Bitao and Zong Yu, based on the No. 3 model specimen obtained from Nanling, believed that the turtle belonged to a new species of box turtles and named it the golden-headed box turtle based on the morphological taxonomy of turtles....

Southeast Asian Box Turtle,Southeast Asian Box Turtle,Humpback turtle, Vietnamese turtle, Ambu box turtle

Features：They like to live in water and do not fight for food or bite each other.

The Southeast Asian Box Turtle has four subspecies.In his book The Reptiles of China, Pope (1935) mentioned two specimens of the Malayan Box Turtle from China, which were preserved in a Paris museum, but their origin was unknown. Cen Jianqiang and Tang Jun (1992) reported that they bought four Malay...

Tibetan Bunting,Emberiza koslowi,

Features：It has a distinctive bright red chestnut back, a black band on the upper chest, and a solid grey under chest.

Tibetan Bunting is a small songbird with no subspecies.Tibetan Bunting usually moves alone or in pairs, and forms small groups in winter. It hides when seeing people approaching. Although it flies at a very low altitude, it is not easy to observe. They move quickly in the bushes, often jumping from...

Yellow-breasted Bunting,Yellow bile, Java sparrow, yellow belly sac, yellow bean, wheat sparrow, old ironback, golden bunting, white-shouldered bunting, yellow-breasted bunting

Features：The neck and chest are crossed by a chestnut brown band, the undertail coverts are almost pure white, and the rest of the lower body is bright yellow

Yellow-breasted Bunting is a small songbird with two subspecies.Yellow-breasted Buntings often move alone or in pairs during the breeding season, but prefer to gather in groups during the non-breeding season, especially during migration and winter, when they gather in large groups of hundreds to tho...

Emberiza jankowskii，Jankowski's Bunting，Rufous-backed Bunting，Red-bellied Sparrow

Features：The lower body is dirty white or grayish white, with a distinct heart-shaped chestnut spot in the center of the abdomen

The foreign name of the Chestnut-bellied Bunting is Jankowski's Bunting, a small songbird with no subspecies.Most chestnut-bellied buntings wander around in winter, reaching as far as Harbin in China in the north and occasionally as far as Shenyang and Beidaihe in the south. Only a few stay in t...

Latoucheornis siemsseni，Slaty Bunting

Features：The beak is conical and thinner than that of birds in the finch family.

Slaty Bunting is a small songbird, endemic to China, with no subspecies.Slaty Bunting usually moves alone, but sometimes forms small groups of 3-5, moving and foraging on the ground, on power lines, or on rocks and young trees on the side of the mountain. It is bold and not afraid of people. It live...

Loxia curvirostra,Common Crossbill,Crossbill, Green Crossbill

Features：Both sexes have large, pointed, crossed mouths

Common Crossbill, also known as Common Crossbill, is a small swallow with 19 subspecies.Common Crossbill wanders in winter and some birds migrate in groups. It is sexually active and likes to gather in groups. Except for the breeding period, it moves alone or in pairs. In other seasons, it gathers i...