Nowadays, many people like to keep small animals more and more, so have you ever kept a pig-nosed turtle? This kind of turtle is a rare species. Today, Bian Xiao will share the pictures and information of the pig-nosed turtle. Let's have a look.

Pignose turtle

Pig-nosed turtle, also known as Oceania Pig-nosed turtle, alias: He Feigui, is a kind of turtle belonging to the family Trionychidae. Its distribution is limited to: northern Australia, southern Irian Jaya and southern New Guinea, and it is the only surviving species of Trionychus. In 2004, it was listed as one of the top ten endangered species by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Pignose turtle

Pig-nosed turtle is a highly aquatic freshwater turtle, which lives in water all the year round except spawning, so its limbs are specialized into flippers like turtles, and so are freshwater turtles. The length of adult tortoise shell is generally 46-5 1cm, and the weight is generally 18-22Kg. Up to now, a tortoise's carapace is 56.3cm long and weighs 22.5Kg. Its carapace is round, dark gray, olive gray or brownish gray, with a row of white spots near its edge. The edge is slightly serrated, and there is no turtle-like skirt because the exoskeleton is developed and the structure is complete. Instead of a shield, it is a continuous, slightly wrinkled skin. There is a row of spines in the middle of the carapace. The abdominal armor of the body is light, white, milky or light, slightly cross-shaped. The head is of moderate size and cannot be retracted into the shell. Pig-nosed turtle is a kind of peculiar freshwater turtle. Its nose is long and fleshy, which looks like a pig's nose, so it has the reputation of "pig-nosed turtle". There is a gray stripe behind the eyes. Limbs are specialized into fins to adapt to aquatic life, and cannot be shrunk into shells. There are two obvious claw nails near the midpoint of each forelimb, which is also one of its characteristics.

Pignose turtle

Pig-nosed turtle is a highly aquatic freshwater turtle, which can live in deep water for a long time and rarely goes ashore except spawning. Therefore, it is a master swimmer among turtles, and its swimming style is vigorous and elegant. Backward swimming is its stunt. Adult pig-nosed turtles are aggressive by nature. If two or more pig-nosed turtles are raised together, if there is not enough hiding place, they will leave countless scars on each other's carapace and skin because of fighting.

The above is what Bian Xiao shared about the pig-nosed turtle. I think everyone knows about it. If you want to know more about the pig-nosed turtle, please stay tuned.