Caretta,Loggerhead turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle

Features：The back of the head is brownish red, the sides of the head are light brown, the belly and jaws are yellow. The back of the neck is dark. The eyes are large, the carapace is brownish red, and the backs of the limbs are also brownish red.

The loggerhead sea turtle is a single species worldwide that spends most of its life in the open ocean and shallow waters. It rarely comes ashore, except for brief nesting and egg-laying by females. Hatchlings live in floating clumps of Sargassum. Adults and juveniles live on the continental shelf a...

Sacalia bealei,Beal's eyed turtle,Spotted turtle

Features：There is usually a pair of eye-shaped spots on the back of the head, with 1-3 black spots in the center.

The spotted turtle is aquatic, mainly living in streams with slow and clear water flow and gravel bottom in hilly areas below 400 meters above sea level. It is timid and will retract its head, tail and limbs into its shell or run around aimlessly when disturbed. It likes to bask in the sun, and the...

Geoemyda spengleri,Black－breatsed Leaf Turtle,Golden turtle, twelve-horned turtle, maple leaf turtle, black-breasted leaf turtle, twelve-winged turtle

Features：They eat small amounts and grow slowly.

The ground tortoise lives in the shaded and moist areas near streams in the mountain jungle at an altitude of about 700 meters, and is also often found in streams. It is terrestrial or semi-aquatic and cannot enter deep waters. The understory trees, vines and bamboos in its habitat are abundant, and...

Cuora,Broken plate turtle, snake turtle, snake-claw turtle, Asian box turtle

Features：The plastron can be completely closed to the carapace

The genus Cuora (scientific name: Cuora) is a genus of Testudinata, Testudinidae, commonly known as box turtles. They are distributed in the Yangtze River and all places south of it in my country. Common ones include golden-headed box turtles, yellow-margined box turtles, three-lined box turtles, Yu...

Mauremys mutica,Stone turtle, stone golden coin turtle, water turtle, yellow turtle, fragrant turtle

Features：The individual is medium-sized, flat and oval in shape, with a small head. The back of the head is smooth and scaleless, yellow or yellow-olive in color, and the ventral side of the head and throat are yellow, hence the name.

The yellow-throated water turtle lives in the waters of hilly areas, mountain basins in semi-mountainous areas, and river valleys. Sometimes it also often moves in bushes and rice fields. During the day, it mostly plays and forages in the water. On sunny days, it likes to be on land, and sometimes c...

Mauremys sinensis,Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle,Ocadia sinensis Gray，1834,Chinese turtle, spotted turtle, pearl turtle, long-tailed turtle, Taiwan turtle

Features：The head is small, with a tapered snout that protrudes beyond the tip of the beak.

The flower turtle is an aquatic turtle. It is water-loving and has the habit of going ashore to bask in the sun. When the temperature is above 25℃ and the weather is fine and sunny, the flower turtle likes to climb onto the terrace or the shore to bask in the sun. The flower turtle has a wide adapt...

Mauremys nigricans,Red-necked pond turtle,Painted turtle, black-necked painted turtle, three-lined turtle, Guangdong grass turtle, black-necked terrapin

Features：They like warmth and are afraid of cold. They have a gentle temperament and will not hurt others on their own initiative.

The black-necked turtle is large in size and lives in streams in subtropical hilly and mountainous forests. The black-necked turtle moves clumsily, crawls slowly, has a gentle temperament, and does not actively hurt people. The black-necked turtle likes warmth and is afraid of cold. It cannot live i...

Cyclemys oldhamii,Snake-catching turtle, snake-catch turtle, snake-killing turtle

Features：Darker body color

The European turtle is a wild animal of the order Testudinata and family Geochelone. In the wild, it often hides near dead trees to look for insects. The juveniles are closer to water turtles, but cannot go into deep water....

Testudo horsfieldii,Afghan Tortoise Central Asian Tortoise Four-toed Tortoise Horsfield's Tortoise Steppe Tortoise,Land turtle, taspaha, prairie tortoise, land tortoise, turtle

Features：The four-clawed tortoise is the only tortoise that lives in the desert grasslands of my country.

In the Yili River Valley in Xinjiang, China, there is a small creature called "Tasipaka". "Tasipaka" means "stone" and "Paka" means "toad". What kind of animal is this stone-like toad? It is the four-clawed tortoise, which is listed as "critical...

Manouria impressa,Impressed Tortoise, Kirin tortoise

Features：As the name suggests, the carapace is flat and even concave in the middle, forming a groove with three horizontal lines.

Concave-shelled tortoise lives in tropical and subtropical mountainous areas. Adults live on the banks of mountain streams, and young turtles can climb up to the banks and lie horizontally on tree trunks to bask in the sun. They live far away from water and have a narrow distribution area. They feed...

Indotestudo elongata,Elongated Tortoise,Yellow elephant turtle, pillow turtle, dry turtle, Burma land, dragon claw turtle and so on

Features：Big eyes, short neck, high back and long nails.

Burmese tortoises are subtropical terrestrial tortoises, living in mountains, hills and bush forests, active at night, warm and afraid of cold. Docile, spiritual, mainly herbivorous, but also eat animal food, can feed melons, fruits, vegetables, lean meat, etc., like to eat tomatoes. The optimum te...

Platysternon megacephalum，Big-headed Turtle，Hawk-billed turtle, big-headed flat-chested turtle, eagle turtle, etc

Features：The body is flat, the head is large, and it cannot be shrunk into the shell.

Flat chest turtle like Yin fear of high temperature, fierce temperament, rock climbing and tree climbing ability is very strong. It lives mainly in the clear streams of the mountains. It also appears in swamps, pools, rivers and fields, generally at night, can climb stone walls or trees, and can cli...

Tortoise, golden turtle, grass turtle, mud turtle, mountain turtle, black turtle, flower turtle

Features：Turtles have a long lifespan and their shells can be boiled into turtle glue, which is a commonly used Chinese medicine.

In a broad sense, turtle refers to the general term for animals of the order Testudinata, and in a narrow sense, refers to species under the family Testudinidae. It is an ancient reptile that still exists. Generally, turtles are also called tortoises. Turtles are reptiles that evolved with shells as...

Aldabra giant tortoise, Seychelles giant tortoise, Darding giant tortoise, Arnold's giant tortoise

Features：The second largest tortoise in the world.

This tortoise was discovered by humans more than 400 years ago. At that time, people did not realize that it was a long-lived animal. It was not until the most famous Aldabra tortoise, Advita, appeared that people began to study the age of tortoises. The Sanskrit meaning o...

Sulcata tortoise, Sulcata tortoise, African spurred tortoise, spurred tortoise, hairy-clawed tortoise

Features：The third largest tortoise in the world and the largest tortoise on the African continent.

The Sulcata tortoise is a tortoise reptile that lives on land. It originally belonged to the family Testudinidae and the genus Testudinidae, so its Chinese name includes the Sulcata tortoise and the Sulcata tortoise. It was finally classified into the genus Centrochelys and is the only surviving spe...

green sea turtle,Green turtle, blue turtle, stone turtle, tsio̍h-ku,ku-piah,ku-phi̍ah

Features：One of the largest hard-shelled sea turtles.

Turtles are one of the oldest animals on Earth. These creatures have existed in the world for more than 200 million years, but their living environment is being threatened by the growing development of humans. Therefore, in 2000, the American Turtle Rescue Organization launched an international fest...