The green turtle, also known as the sea turtle, is one of the larger species of sea turtles. It is named because its body fat is rich in chlorophyll, the main food of seaweed. The gender of adult turtles is easy to identify, and the length of the tail is a gender characteristic. Generally speaking,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...