Pearl turtles are water turtles.

Pearl turtle, Chinese flower turtle (Ocadia sinensis), also known as Taiwan grass turtles, six lines of grass turtles, pearl turtles, etc., belongs to the order of turtles, freshwater turtles subfamily, the genus Ocadia. Nature is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan and other places.

Water turtle, Latin name Mauremys mutica, alias: yellow-throated water turtle, stone money turtle, yellow plate turtle, yellow turtle, fragrant turtle, belongs to the chordata, refers to good at swimming, refers to a long time in the water life of the turtle, distributed in Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan Island, China and mainland China, the east, the south, Hainan, the west to the south of Yunnan and other places, commonly found in the hilly terrain semi-mountainous areas of It is commonly found in the waters of intermountain basins or river valleys in hilly and semi-mountainous areas, and often in small thickets or grasses in the vicinity. The type locality of this species is in Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang Province.

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The way to judge between water turtles and terrestrial turtles:

1, forelimbs

Terrestrial turtles: stout, nails are thick and conical, scales are hard, no webbing

Aquatic turtles: thinner than the two former, nails smaller and curved more obvious, scales hard, no webbing

Aquatic turtles: more thin, nails smaller and more curved, scales more obvious. Smaller and more obviously curved nails, soft scales, obvious webbing

2, hind limbs

Terrestrial tortoises: stout, large nails mostly conical, hard scales, similar to the elephant foot, no webbing

Water tortoises: closer to the semi-aquatic tortoises, nails smaller and curved, more obvious, soft scales, webbing more obvious than the forelimbs

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