In order to let everyone know about the American soft-shelled turtle, the editor will give a brief introduction to it from four aspects. Look down~

I. Basic information

【Chinese name】American soft-shelled turtle

【Latin name】Apalone mutica

【 English name: Smooth softshell turtle

[Another name] Turtle, water fish, Tuanyu, Wangba

[Kingdom] Animal Kingdom

[Door] Chordate

【Subphylum】Vertebrate Subphylum

【Class】Reptiles

【Subclass】Turtle and Turtles

【 Order] Turtle order

[Family] Turtle family

[Species] American soft-shelled turtle

II. Main distribution

The American soft-shelled turtle ranges from western Florida to eastern Texas, northern to eastern New Mexico, via southern South Dakota, to the Gulf Coast of Wisconsin and northwestern Pennsylvania.

III. Appearance characteristics

The carapace of the American soft-shelled turtle is round, dark yellow, olive or brown in color, and mixed with some brown or black Striped; plastron white; limbs webbed.

PS: The method of distinguishing male and female soft-shelled turtles is very simple, which can be seen from the color. Female turtles are brown in color, while male turtles are gray.

4. Habits

1. Habitat

The American soft-shelled turtle mainly lives in waters such as rivers, ponds, swamps and oxbow lakes with rich vegetation. They often crawl to the shore or on the beach to bask in the sun.

2. Eating habits

Although American soft-shelled turtles are omnivorous, they tend to eat meat. They mainly eat some insects, fish, snails and mollusks, and occasionally some plant leaves, fruits and algae.

3. Reproduction method

The reproduction method of American soft-shelled turtle is oviparous. It takes 4 years for male turtles to reach sexual maturity, and 7 years for female turtles. The mating time of male and female turtles is in the early spring of each year. The female soft-shelled turtle lays eggs from May to July every year. They can lay eggs 1-3 times a year, 4-33 eggs at a time.

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