The hawk-billed turtle
The appearance of the hawk-billed turtle is more like a pancake, flat. The body, big head, and pointed beak are its biggest characteristics, so it is also called the big-headed turtle or the hawk-billed turtle. The hawk-billed turtle is relatively rare in the domestic market, and wild ones can be caught in some places. Eagle-billed turtle.
1. Appearance characteristics of the eagle-billed turtle
The eagle-billed glans It is large and triangular in shape, so some people call it a big-headed turtle. The back of its head is covered with a large horny hard shell, its upper beak is hooked in the shape of an olecranon, its eyes are large, and it has no external ear membranes. The carapace is brown, oblong and flat in the center, with no teeth on the front and rear edges. The plastron is olive-colored, small and flat. The dorsal and plastronal carapace is connected by a tough band and has lower edge angular plates. The hands and feet are gray with tile-like scales, and the hind limbs are long. The outer fingers and toes have sharp long claws, and there are semi-webs between the fingers and toes, which are not only convenient for crawling on the mainland, but also convenient for swimming in the water. The tail is long, each exceeding the length of its own carapace, and the tail is covered with short ring-shaped scales. This turtle's head, hands and feet cannot be retracted into the plastron, making it one of the more unique turtles known in China.
Two, male and female identification of eagle-billed turtles
Ratite turtles The carapace on the male's abdomen is relatively long, the center of the flat chest is slightly concave, the tail is thick, and the cloaca hole is farther from the edge of the rear part of the plastron, about 2.5 cm from the tail base. The center of the female's chest is very flat and not concave, and the body is very wide. The anus is closer to the edge of the abdomen, about 1.5 cm from the base of the tail.
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