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Anonymous users2024-02-08The adult body of the Brazilian turtle is oblong, the dorsal carapace is gently raised, the ridge is distinct, and the posterior margin is serrate. The head is broad, the snout is blunt, and the neck has yellow-green longitudinal stripes, and there are 1 long red patches on each side of the back of the eyes. The head and neck flanks and ventral surfaces are sandwiched with yellow-green linear strips.
The eyes are medium-large, and the neck is short and thick. The whole body is varied and colorful, with an emerald green dorsal carapace, and each shield has a ring-like markings inlaid with yellow and green. <
1. Morphological characteristics: The adult body of the Brazilian turtle is oblong, the dorsal carapace is gently raised, the ridge is obvious, and the posterior edge is jagged. The head is broad, the snout is blunt, and the neck has yellow-green longitudinal stripes, and there are 1 long red patches on each side of the back of the eyes.
The head and neck flanks and ventral surfaces are sandwiched with yellow-green linear strips. The eyes are medium-large, and the neck is short and thick. The whole body is varied and colorful, with an emerald green dorsal carapace, and each shield has a ring-like markings inlaid with yellow and green.
2. Habits: The Brazilian red-eared turtle has a lively temperament, and is more active and active than any freshwater turtle produced in China. It is sensitive to water sound and vibration, once frightened and dives into the water, the optimal temperature is 20-32, hibernation below 11, and deep hibernation below 6.
3. Distribution range characteristics: Brazilian red-eared turtles are not all distributed in Brazil, but are produced in some countries such as the Mississippi River in the United States and Central America. Introduced in China in 1987, it has been cultivated in large quantities and can be found in natural water bodies everywhere.
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Anonymous users2024-02-071. Appearance characteristics
The Brazilian turtle is a type of water turtle that can reach a body length of more than 30 centimeters and has a very obvious appearance. Its head is large, flattened, and triangular in shape; The dorsal carapace is high arched and oval-shaped. There are distinct crests on the dorsal carapace, which are varied in shape, and the crest varies from individual to individual.
The dorsal carapace of the Brazilian tortoise is generally dark and the lines are not too obvious, while the ventral carapace is flatter and the wood grain is pronounced and slightly lighter.
2. Habits
The Brazilian tortoise is a species of terrapod turtle that lives in freshwater waters. They usually like to stay in the water and can dive to the bottom for long periods of time, making them excellent divers and a very good swimmer. The Brazilian turtle has a gentle temperament, prefers to stay in the water or bask in the sun on the shore, and has a relatively quiet living habit.
The Brazilian tortoise has a mixed diet, eating mainly aquatic plants, moderate amounts of small fish and invertebrates.
3. Reproductive characteristics
The Brazilian tortoise is an oviparous animal that belongs to one of the temperature-dependent reproductive animals among reptiles. They usually choose a place where the water is covered with fine sand, dig an egg nest, and Changchun opens it and lays eggs in it. The Brazilian turtle lays a large number of eggs, can lay 20 40 eggs at a time, the incubation period of the eggs is about 2 months, and the hatched baby turtle body length is only about centimeters, and it needs to grow slowly to adulthood.
4. Rich variety
The Brazilian tortoise is a species-rich taxon, with more than 10 different species currently being discovered. These species differ in morphology, environmental adaptability, reproductive ecology, etc. Among them, the most common are red-eared turtles, yellow-eared turtles and triangular turtles, and there are also some less common subspecies, such as detail turtles, blue-faced turtles, etc.
These breeds are different, with the common red-eared turtle and yellow-eared turtle being cheaper, while some of the less common subspecies are higher.
How old do Brazilian turtles have to be to lay eggs.
Generally speaking, females of the same age are always larger than males. The common Brazilian turtle is as mature as the male weighs 300 grams, and the female weighs about 500 grams. Other turtles have different standards depending on the species. >>>More
You don't need to put salt, I also have one at home, and I never put salt. Give it some meat and seafood! Don't eat too much seafood, or you'll have diarrhea!
Although the Brazilian turtle is omnivorous, it eats animal bait. Under the conditions of artificial breeding, poultry, pigs and other animal offal, fly maggots, and bread worms are the mainstay. >>>More
Brazilian tortoises live a similar lifestyle to humans, resting at night and moving during the day. Normally, the Brazilian tortoise quiets down and goes to sleep after dark. They like to rest in a quiet environment and can feel uncomfortable if their surroundings are too noisy. >>>More
It's winter, the Brazilian turtle is hibernating, so it's not going to eat, it's going to excrete, and when it's hot, it's going to eat and excrete, and the water is higher than the turtle's back, and it's going to be raised with sea sand There's no problem, but you have to wash the sand, and it's winter, and it's fine, but in the summer, it's a little troublesome to raise a turtle in the sand, and you've got an island, and then the turtle will definitely climb up, and the turtle has just swam and it's climbed on the sand, and it's going to be full of sand, and I put the turtle in the sand last summer As a result, his whole body was covered with sand, so it was better to throw the sand under the water in the summer, and it didn't matter in the winter.