The mountain softshell turtle is a cold-blooded animal. When the temperature drops to 12℃, it will hibernate under the sand or stones, so people also call it the sand softshell turtle. When the temperature rises to 18-20℃ in the next spring, it will wake up and start looking for food. The optimum temperature for the mountain softshell turtle is 25-32℃. During the optimum temperature period, the mountain softshell turtle eats the most vigorously. If the water temperature is higher than 37-38℃, there is a risk of heat death.
The mountain softshell turtle is an omnivorous animal that mainly feeds on animal bait. In nature, it eats small fish, shrimps, insects, worms, etc.; in artificial breeding, it is good at eating golden apple snail meat, field snail meat, snail meat, clam meat, fish meat, animal scraps, earthworms, fly maggots, etc. The mountain softshell turtle usually eats a lot at night, and the feeding amount is generally 5-8% of its body weight.
Due to various endangered factors, the wild population of mountain softshell turtles in Guangxi, China has been decreasing year by year, and only occasionally they are caught by mistake. The wild mountain softshell turtles are not widely distributed, grow slowly, and have weak reproductive capacity, resulting in limited production. In addition, the resources are severely damaged due to unplanned overfishing in the production areas. Therefore, the artificial breeding of mountain softshell turtles has important social significance.
In order to protect wild mountain softshell turtle resources, Guangdong Province, China has established the county-level nature reserve of Ruyuan Mountain softshell turtle in Buguan City, the Longtankou Mountain softshell turtle nature reserve in Yuancheng District, Heyuan City, the Jiutan Mountain softshell turtle nature reserve in Lianping County, and the Youxi Mountain softshell turtle nature reserve in Lianping County.
Listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China" (only for wild populations).
Listed in the "China Red List of Biodiversity - Vertebrate Volume" (Reptiles) - Endangered (EN).
Listed in the "List of National Key Protected Aquatic Wildlife under Artificial Breeding (First Batch)" (November 13, 2017).
Listed in the "China Red Data Book of Endangered Animals" - Endangered (EN).
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