Pearl turtle, although a water turtle, likes to live in water, but compared with deep-water turtles such as musk deer and razor turtle, it can adapt to relatively shallow water level and belongs to shallow water turtle. When raising pearl turtle artificially, it is best to determine the water level according to their posture.

Generally speaking, young pearl turtle needs to live in shallow water, and breeders need to keep the water level consistent with the added height. As their size grows, the breeding water level should be raised. When they are adults, the water level can be controlled at 2 to 3 times the height of the carapace, but the maximum can not exceed 3 times.

Brief introduction of pearl turtle

Pearl turtle's larva tassel shield has black spots on its abdomen, which is very tender like pearls, so it is also called pearl turtle, also called Chinese tortoise. Pearl turtle has been able to breed artificially, especially in Taiwan Province province of China. It is a large and medium-sized freshwater turtle, which can grow to more than 20 centimeters.

It has bright green and black pinstripes on the exposed skin of its head, neck and limbs. Larvae carapace is light gray-green, with three ridges and orange discontinuous stripes. Adult carapace is dark brown, with reddish patches along the ridge on the carapace, and no serration at the rear edge.

Sexism. The male carapace is longer, the posterior part is narrower, the anal foramen is farther from the posterior edge of the abdominal carapace, the female carapace is wider, the shell is arched, and the anal foramen is closer to the posterior edge of the abdominal carapace. Taiwan Province Province is quite different from other places, but it is not recognized as a new subspecies.