Skirted turtle
The skirted turtle is a type of water turtle with an ordinary body shape. The adult body It can reach about 23cm in length. Its carapace is simple in color and the patterns are not obvious. People have a "black" impression of it. This appearance does not arouse people's great concern, so the skirted turtle has always lived peacefully. With.
1. Appearance characteristics of skirt turtle
Skirt turtle head Small, with a complexion ranging from reddish brown to dark gray, soft skin with small particles. This is a small species, with its carapace rarely exceeding 23 cm in length. The carapace is dark brown to black with a central ridge. The belly of the cockroach is reddish-brown to yellow, with large brown patches on the scutes. The underside of the nail bridge and marginal shield may be brown or yellow. The native hatchlings in Peru have a black carapace, a yellow marginal shield and a black plastron, with some yellow freckles on the plastron. The morphology of the hatchlings of this species is highly variable throughout its range of dispersion.
Two, identification of male and female skirt turtles
Skirt turtle The carapace of the female turtle is wider, the tail is thin and short, the base of the tail is thin, the anus is closer to the rear edge of the plastron, and the notches produced by the two anal shields of the plastron are shallow. Often individually larger than males. The male skirt turtle has a narrow carapace, a thick and long tail, a thick tail base, an anus far away from the rear edge of the plastron, and the two anal shields of the plastron have deeper notches.
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