Different types of turtles have different protection levels. The first-class protected animals are four-claw tortoises, and the second-class protected animals are flat-breasted turtles, three-line closed-shell turtles and green turtles.

1. Tortoise with Four Claws

Testudo horsfieldii, also known as grassland tortoise, is mainly distributed in the desert area of southern Kazakhstan and the piedmont of Tianshan Mountain, and also distributed in India, Pakistan and Iran. In China, it is only distributed in Huocheng County, Xinjiang, and is a national first-class protected animal.

2. Flat-breasted Turtle

Flat-breasted Turtle (scientific name: Platysternon megacephalum) belongs to the genus Flat-breasted Turtle, belonging to the order Tortoiseridae. Common names: chick turtle, big-headed turtle, eagle turtle, etc. Adult tortoise carapace is about 12 ~ 18 cm long and oval. The tortoise shell is flat, with a big head and a long tail, and cannot be retracted into the shell. The carapace is brown, brown, black, dark green, etc. The color of carapace is related to the origin, environment and water quality.

3. Three-line turtle

Three-line turtle, also known as scarab, golden head turtle, red-edged turtle, red-bellied turtle, broken-plate turtle and Sichuan-backed turtle, belongs to Reptilia, Tortoise, Carapax. It is mainly distributed in Hainan, Guangxi, Fujian and deep mountain streams in Guangdong Province, and abroad in Vietnam and Laos. This turtle has been listed as a second-class protected animal in China.

4. Green Turtle

A green turtle is a kind of turtle belonging to the genus Turtles. It is one of the larger turtles, with a straight line length of 9 to 12 cm and a weight of more than 1 kg. It is named because its body fat is rich in chlorophyll, the main food.

Extended information

Four-claw tortoises' living habits: Four-claw tortoises are used to hiding in caves, going out in the daytime and moving quickly. There are two kinds of caves: temporary caves and dormant caves. The temporary caves have no fixed position, and most of them choose the base of Artemisia grass and Achnatherum splendens for temporary hiding, and the depth of the caves is only 2-3cm；. Dormant caves are excavated on sunny slopes, with a depth of more than 6cm.

Four-claw tortoises feed on the flowers, fruits and fleshy leaves of more than 1 kinds of plants, such as wild onion, dandelion, wood bark, Kentucky bluegrass and ice flower, occasionally eat animal food such as lizards and beetles, and also like drinking water, and often make a low cackle when drinking water.

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