The difference between grass turtles and Brazilian turtles

Grass turtles, also known as turtles, grass turtles, golden tortoises, etc., are one of the turtles endemic to China, mainly distributed in East Asia, while Brazilian turtles, also known as red-eared turtles and small colored turtles, are native to the American continent and are one of the turtles introduced to China. These two kinds of turtles are now widely sold in China's turtle market, so what's the difference between grass turtles and Brazilian turtles?

I. the difference between grass turtles and Brazilian turtles

Grass turtle is a genus of the turtle family, mainly distributed in Chinese mainland and Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions, generally inhabiting rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds and other waters. The Brazilian tortoise is a slippery tortoise of the family Cerambycidae, which originated from the central United States to northern Mexico and is now distributed all over the world.

Grass turtle back armor is relatively flat, with three longitudinal edges, abdominal nail brown, each shield has large black-brown patches. The kiss is short. The markings on the neck of most male turtles disappear when they reach adulthood and turn black all over the body. On the other hand, the snout end of the Brazilian tortoise is slightly prominent, the head is smooth and scaleless, dark green, with yellow vertical stripes, the stripes on the ventral side are wider than those on the back, the neck of the adult turtle is grayish black, with yellow and green longitudinal stripes, and the belly stripes are wide.

2. The difference between grass turtle and Brazilian tortoise in culture

Grass turtles are omnivorous animals, artificial breeding is mainly small fish and shrimp, lean meat, small insects, rice, vegetables and so on. Grass turtles also need to dry their shells when they are farmed. Vitamin D produced by sunlight is conducive to the absorption of calcium and is very important for the growth of turtle shells. Grass turtles are easy to breed, and if the water quality, temperature and food are well controlled, they will hardly get sick.

Brazilian tortoise artificial breeding to carnivorous, especially juvenile, young turtle stage, mostly small fish and shrimp, lean animals as the main food, Brazilian tortoise most suitable growth water temperature of 20: 32 ℃, in the summer can not be exposed to the sun, easy to die in the hot sun, Brazilian turtle many diseases, generally have white eye disease, gastroenteritis, choking water, pneumonia, acne disease, etc., in artificial breeding also need to pay more attention.

With regard to the distinction between grass turtles and Brazilian turtles, we will stop here. When buying turtles in the market for breeding, we still need to distinguish between the two turtles. Generally speaking, grass turtles are much less difficult to breed than Brazilian turtles.