Stone turtle, alias: yellow-throated water turtle, stone money turtle, yellow plate turtle, water turtle, fragrant turtle, yellow turtle, in animal taxonomy belongs to the reptile class, belongs to the aquatic turtles. Distributed in Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Taiwan, Guangdong, Vietnam, Japan and other places.

The stone turtle has a yellow throat, yellow or black or brown dorsal armor, yellow ventral armor, a large ink-stained spot on the outside of each shield, obvious armor bridges, and a ligament connecting the dorsal and ventral armor. The difference between females and males lies in the fact that males have thick tails with cloacae exceeding the edge of the dorsal carapace, while females have short tails with cloacae closer to the carapace; females are larger than males, and can lay 1-3 times a year, 1-5 eggs each time, hatching in about 65-80 days. In winter, when the temperature is below 20 degrees Celsius, their activities will gradually decrease, and finally they will enter hibernation until the temperature warms up. The medicinal value of stone turtles is the same as that of money turtles, but the unit cost is lower than that of money turtles.

Stone turtles are generally raised to 4-5 years of age can be sold, 5 years of age or more left as breeding turtles are rarely sold on the market; 12-13 years of age of stone turtles each weighing at least 2 ? catties or so; in May 2012, the average price of 12-13 years of Vietnamese breeding females of stone turtles 1,400-1,500 yuan / catty, turtle hatchlings price of 200-250 yuan / only; August 2012, the The average price of 12-13 years of Vietnamese breeding female stone turtles is 1500-1700 yuan/catty, and the price of hatchlings is 270-350 yuan/pc.