The turtle belongs to the family Chelonidae and the genus Turtle. Sometimes it refers specifically to turtles, also known as golden turtles, grass turtles, mud turtles and mountain turtles. In animal taxonomy, it belongs to the class Reptiles, order Turtles, and family Chelonidae. It is one of the common animals of the order Turtles.

The carapace is tan, almost black in males. The plastron and nail bridge are brownish-yellow, and males are darker in color. Each scute has large dark brown patches, and sometimes the plastron is almost entirely occupied by dark brown patches, with only the sutures appearing brown. The head is olive or dark brown; there are dark-rimmed yellow lines and spots on the side of the head and throat.

The skull has a bony zygomatic arch; the square yoke bone is tangentially connected with the postorbital bone and the yoke bone; the front edge of the parietal bone is truncated, and the rear end extends to the end of the supraoccipital bone; the posterior part of the supraoccipital ridge is slightly upturned; the scales The posterior part of the bone forms an acute angle.

Our country is distributed in Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Hong Kong, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Taiwan. Distributed abroad in Japan and North Korea.

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They often live in rivers, lakes or ponds and eat animals such as worms, snails, shrimps and small fish, as well as plant stems, leaves and grains. Mating begins in late April and takes place in the evening; May to August is the egg-laying period, and egg-laying is completed three or four times a year, with 5 to 7 eggs in one hole each time;

Before laying eggs, the female The turtle uses its hind limbs to dig a hole in the loose soil on a sunny and shaded shore, lays its eggs in the hole, and then covers the eggs with loose soil after laying them. The eggs are oblong, hard, off-white, with an egg diameter of 27 to 38 mm × 13 to 20 mm.

The hatchlings take 50 to 80 days to hatch under natural conditions. The hatchlings can enter the water and live independently after hatching. The sex of a hatchling turtle is controlled by temperature. When the temperature is 25°C, the hatchlings are male, and when the temperature is above 28°C, the hatchlings are female.