The yellow-margined sea turtle is a rare species of turtle. I believe that many friends don't know much about it, so let me introduce it to everyone.

1. Basic information

Chinese name: Yellow-margined Box Turtle

Foreign name: Yellow-margined Box Turtle

Alias: splint turtle , Snake turtle, Broken-board turtle, Yellow-margined box turtle

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordate

Subphylum: Chordate subphylum

Class: Reptiles

Second, Morphological Characteristics

Head: The head is smooth and without scales, the head The back is light olive, the tympanic membrane is round and clear, the front of the snout is flat, the upper beak is clearly curved, and the lower jaw is orange-red.

Eyes: There is a wide stripe (golden yellow) behind each eye, and the two stripes meet on the back of the head, forming a U-shaped arc, and the neck is light orange-red.

Carapace: The carapace is high and raised, magenta or brownish red, with a pale yellow ridge in the middle, and the shield on the carapace is slightly upturned, with clear concentric rings on the scutellum .

Plastron: The plastron is brown and black, the outer edge and the ventral surface of the marginal shield are beige, the front edge of the plastron is slightly prominent, the rear edge is elliptical arc, and the front and rear edges are not nicked.

III. Distribution range

The yellow-margined sea turtle is mainly distributed in China, Japan (Jiuzhou Island) and the Ryukyu Islands.

IV. Living habits

The yellow-margined sea turtle mostly inhabits weeds, shrubs and forest margins in hilly and mountainous areas.

April-May and September-October, when the temperature is 18-24 degrees Celsius, the yellow-margined sea turtles are less active in the morning and evening, mostly around noon.

From June to August, when the temperature is 25-34 degrees Celsius, the yellow-rimmed sea turtle will be active at night, early morning or evening, and hide in caves, trees or sand during the day.

When the temperature drops to 18 degrees Celsius, the yellow-rimmed turtle will stop eating. When the temperature drops to 13 degrees Celsius, the yellow-margined turtle will enter a state of hibernation. Stay on sunny slopes and hide in damp haystacks or under rotting leaves.

V. Diet

The yellow-margined sea turtle is an omnivorous turtle that mainly eats meat. They mainly eat centipedes and geckos. , snails, golden leaf insects and other mollusks.

Six. Reproduction

The reproduction method of the yellow-margined sea turtle is oviparous. In mid-April every year, the yellow-rimmed box turtles mate in the grass. Late May to late September is the egg-laying season, and June-July is the prosperous period of egg-laying.

The female yellow-margined trap turtle lays 1-5 eggs, and each egg will be laid in batches from mid-June to July. The eggs are gray-white and oblong. The length is 40-46 mm, the width is 20-26 mm, and the weight is 8.5-18.6 grams.

VII. Racial status

Due to environmental damage and human hunting, the wild population of the yellow-margined box turtle continues to decline, and the species is close to extinction. edge.

The above is all the information about the yellow edged box turtle~ Everyone knows it!