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Grass Turtle
Chinese? Chinese? Name? Grass Turtle?
Common alias? Golden Turtle, Mud Turtle, Ink Turtle, Water Turtle, Turtle, Golden Thread Turtle
English? English? Name?Reeve's?Turtle, Chinese?Pond?Turtle
Latin scientific name?Chinemys?reevesii
Geographic distribution? China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, etc.
Breeding?
Reproductive mode? Oviparous. The female mates from March to June and lays eggs from July to September. She lays 4-9 eggs 1-3 times a year, which hatch in 60-75 days. Hatchlings sometimes stay in the nest to overwinter.
Habits? Habitat: Pools and ponds. Habitat: ponds and swamps. Temperature: 21-25 degrees Celsius.
Characteristics? The dorsal armor is 10-15 centimeters. In fact, the Golden Turtle has a very distinctive appearance, with three distinct ridges on the dorsal armor and a dark brown to black head with a golden circular or irregular pattern on both sides, which gives it its name. However, there are some black individuals that do not have any patterns. Females differ from males in the size of their tails, with males having a thicker tail and a cloaca that extends beyond the edge of the dorsal armor, while females are the opposite and larger than males. Males have a tendency to darken, so dark-colored individuals are more likely to be males.
Food? Eating habits? It is an omnivore and can be fed a large diet of crickets, snails, breadworms, small fish, shrimp, leafy vegetables and fruits. Like the Brazilian Tortoise, it can be used as an introductory species.
Purchase Information? The Golden Turtle is one of the four native turtles in Taiwan, and the wild population has become very rare in recent years. It is rare to find them in the wild in recent years and there is a need to conserve them. It is a rare species on the market. It is not uncommon to find Golden Turtles in the market. Europe and the United States have also imported large quantities of Golden Tortoises from Hong Kong, which have taken root in the southern continents of the United States and have become native to the region, with more wild populations than in Taiwan. This is the only Asian tortoise species that can counterattack the U.S. mainland, which is exactly the reverse of the Brazilian tortoise.