What are the living habits of money turtles? Where is it distributed? Is it protecting animals?

The golden tortoise, which belongs to the family Reptilia, also known as the golden tortoise, golden head turtle and red belly turtle, is a kind of ornamental turtle. Living in water, mainly feed on earthworms, but also eat fish, shrimp, insects and some plant foods in the river. Let's take a look at the living habits of money turtles. Where is it distributed? Is it protecting animals?

First, what are the living habits of money turtles?

Money turtles are omnivorous. Happy to live in the mountains near the waters of the cave or mud cave, frightened after diving into the bottom, often to the mountain stream or wet ground to feed on a variety of aquatic animals. In nature, it mainly preys on snails, fish, shrimp, tadpoles and other aquatic animals in the water, but also eats young mice, small fish, shrimp, snails, young frogs, beetles, earthworms, snails and fly maggots, and sometimes eats pumpkins, bananas and tender stems, leaves and seeds of plants. Under the condition of artificial feeding, feeding animals like viscera, earthworms, lean meat, small fish and mixed feed.

The money tortoise is a temperature-changing animal with a growth temperature between 24 and 32 ℃. When the water temperature is 28 ℃, it will float and breathe in the water for about 20 minutes; when the water temperature is 25, it will float and breathe once in 26 minutes; when the water temperature is below 12, it will enter a hibernating state.

Second, where are the money turtles distributed?

The distribution of golden turtles in the world is very narrow, mainly distributed in subtropical countries and regions such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, Hong Kong, Macao and southern and northern Vietnam.

Third, is the golden turtle a protected animal?

The money tortoise is a national second-class key protected animal, which is listed as a second-class protected species in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Wild Fauna and Flora, and a very endangered species in the World Conservation Union.