Pictures and names of turtle species

Black turtles have a particularly strong hybridization ability with other turtles. Lashuo is a hybrid offspring of male scarab and female mauremys mutica, but its origin is unknown. It will also be mixed with flower turtles, female Malay shellfish turtles, male four-eyed water turtles and Japanese stone turtles. So as a pet, you should be separated from other members of the same family as much as possible.

morphological character

There is a yellow ink turtle tail on the side of the head and neck.

Colored linear markings, both male and female carapace have three longitudinal ridges, and the rear edge is serrated; The back of the male body is black or the whole body is black, the female body is brown, and the abdomen is slightly yellow, with dark brown markings; The limbs are relatively flat, with claws and webbed toes.

The head and back are olive green, with yellow longitudinal stripes and spots on the head and throat. The carapace is brown (adult females and young turtles) or black (adult males), and the abdominal carapace is triangular. There are all-black type and patch type due to different habitats. Adult male turtles are blackened and black all over, also known as black turtles. Their tails are thick and long, with a bad smell (anal glands), and their bodies are small and narrow. Adult female turtle, brown, similar to larval color, short tail, large body, wide and round. Eggs (eggs) are white and rectangular. ? [2]?

Be distributed

Mogui is a native turtle in all provinces (regions) except Northeast China, Northwest China and Tibet. It is adaptable to our environment and easy to use.

Ink turtles are listed as endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and they are threatened by overfishing. For Hongkong and Chinese mainland, there is a market for artificial breeding of grass turtles, which makes a large number of grass turtles available for farmers.

Ink turtle and geomantic omen

"Book of Rites Quli": Zhu Bird and then Xuanwu before departure. Ying Da Shu by Confucius: "Xuanwu, turtle also.

Because turtles live a long life, it is common for people to praise or worship turtles throughout the ages. In ancient legends, myths and fables in China, the four spirits of Kirin, Phoenix and Dragon and Tortoise are auspicious animals, and they are all symbols of good luck and longevity. But the first three gods are fictional totems, which do not exist in the real environment. In reality, only turtles exist. And the first three can only be used by emperors, and ordinary people can only stay away from them, far less than turtles. Only the tortoise is the most lifelike and can be like us. Feng Shui also believes that turtles are animals that can bring good luck and longevity to people. It is said that turtles can block town houses and bring wealth to people. Here are some quotations about the relationship between turtles and geomantic omen: "From the perspective of geomantic omen, the protrusion of turtle shell is radian, like a mirror, so turtle shell can be used to melt evil spirits." "Although the tortoise moves slowly and seems to have no self-defense ability, it knows how to bear the burden of humiliation. When in danger, it will shrink its head, tail and limbs into thick turtle shells, leaving even the fiercest enemies helpless and finally tide over the difficulties. Therefore, when encountering some very special and dangerous punishments, instead of using lions to fight hard, it is better to use turtles to resolve them. It is more appropriate to combine rigidity and softness. " Although these are popular sayings, since there are still many unknown things in the world, we'd better take them seriously first.

Growth and reproduction

Turtles have a long growth cycle and are relatively small. Generally, adult turtles do not exceed 15cm, and their weight does not exceed 1kg. Moreover, it takes about 10 years to change from grass turtle to turtle, which shows that breeders are very patient in raising turtles. May to July is the estrus of soft-shelled turtles every year, when they can be seen chasing and biting.

food

The ink turtle likes to eat all kinds of food and feed, such as fish, shrimp, loach and pork. And it's hard to raise. It is said that they sometimes eat plant feed, depending on different turtles.

hibernation

It can hibernate naturally in winter and overwinter safely at 5 degrees Celsius. When the temperature is below 5 degrees Celsius, it is life-threatening. Generally, hibernation begins at the end of June of that year and ends in April of the following year. For turtles that have just finished hibernation, don't feed them, observe them for a few days, and then feed them after the turtles are fully awake.

value

Due to the characteristics of fast growth, strong disease resistance, high meat yield, delicious taste and high ornamental value, especially in recent years, the number of wild soft-shelled turtles has decreased, and the market price of soft-shelled turtles has remained high. ?

Here are some other explanations about the ink turtle:

1. What are the stresses of Mo Gui? Strictly speaking, the ink turtle must meet the following conditions: the whole body skin, including the head, neck, limbs, eyes and carapace, is black (in this sense, only the skin and eyes are black, and the grass without a black shell cannot be called a ink turtle, but can only be called "half ink").

2. "Does the ink turtle have a female?" -The so-called black turtle must be a male turtle. Even if the shell is black, the mother grass can't be a black turtle, because the skin and eyes of the mother grass will not turn black.

3. "When will my grass become a turtle?" -Not a male turtle will definitely become a black turtle. After the male turtle grows up and matures, with the increase of age, because of the influence of sex hormones, the skin will turn black, but it is not necessarily whether other parts can become very black; There are varieties and genetic factors, just like men have beards, but some people are sparse and some people are dense.

4. "How many years does it take a male turtle to change ink?" -naturally growing male turtles can only fully mature after more than 5 years of normal development. You can change the ink at this time. Greenhouse turtles, pond turtles and wild turtles will become ink turtles as long as they are fed and raised. You can't be a black turtle without a greenhouse turtle. This is not a rare opportunity. Some vendors sell turtles at high prices. In fact, most of these turtles were transferred from the greenhouse to the outer pond.

5. "How can you tell that the grass has started to ink?" -The grass begins to change color, starting with the eyes, then the pattern on the neck gradually fades and turns black, and finally the carapace turns black (generally, the carapace turns black first, then the carapace turns black).

How to choose

How can we pick out the grass with ink potential? This is basically difficult to judge because there are not only genetic factors, but also regional varieties. The shell color of male grass produced in some places is not very black.

Therefore, if you want to buy a male grass that is more likely to turn dark in the future, please try to choose a male turtle whose eyes and neck patterns have begun to turn black. The black-skinned male turtle is actually a "man" among turtles, belonging to the kind with thick beard and long legs. If you want to cultivate a black turtle, you must first choose a healthy, bold, rough, promising and masculine-looking male grass, not too hormonal or too greenhouse-that is, you can't choose a "small white face". Usually bask in the sun, hibernate when it is time to hibernate, grow in a wider growing environment, such as a pond, and then wait patiently for the passage of time. It takes some luck to buy a grass and expect it to turn into ink in the future. The probability of ink rising in artificial environment is extremely small.