Pan's turtle
Pan's turtle is a small This species of water turtle has a small adult carapace and is often found near rice fields. Since the discovery of this species, the number of this species has never been large. The following introduces the appearance characteristics of Pan's turtles for easy identification.
1. Appearance characteristics of Pan's turtle
Pan The carapace length of male turtles is 120 mm and that of female turtles is 115 mm. The carapace is flat with a hidden ridge on the midline; the neck shield is small. The head is light yellow. The upper beak is hook-shaped, and there are two yellowish-brown stripes behind the eyes. The carapace is short and flat, light brown, with obvious ridges, and the front and rear edges are not serrated. The plastron is very flat and light yellow in color. There are wide black stripes at the intersection of the scutes. There are wax ducts running through the carapace and plastron, and between the chest and ventral shields. The hands and feet are brown, relatively flat, without patterns, and have developed webs between the fingers and toes. The tail is short and conical. The front end of the plastron is rounded, and the rear end is notched. It is connected with the carapace by ligaments. There is a ligament connecting the chest and abdominal shields. The front and rear parts of the plastron can be fully connected to the carapace.
2. Identification of male and female Pan's turtles
Pan's Guanshell glans is of medium size, with a smooth back, slightly thicker occiput, snout tip slightly longer than the upper beak, eye diameter commensurate with snout length, upper beak slightly curved, lower beak shorter than the upper beak. The female turtle's snout is rounder and blunt, the center of the plastron is flat, and the cloacal hole is closer to the edge of the plastron. The male's snout is pointed, the center of the plastron is slightly concave, the cloacal hole is farther from the edge of the plastron, and the cloacal hole has a connector.
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