Pet turtle

English name: Loggerhead Musk Turtle

Alias: Musk Turtle, Authoritative Musk Turtle

Classification position: Loggerhead Musk Turtle Family, Kinothorax subfamily, Kinothorax genus

Dispersed: southwestern United States.

Morphological characteristics: The carapace is light khaki, with black radiating patterns on each scute. The carapace is oval, and the front and rear edges are not serrated. The plastron is light yellow, without any markings, and the cracks between the scutes are large and connected by skin. The head is gray-white, larger, and full of small black freckles; the neck is gray-white, with light brown stripes or markings. The hands and feet are grayish white without brown markings (young turtles have brown markings), and the fingers and toes are webbed. The tail is short.

Living habits: It is an aquatic turtle and lives in pools, pools, lakes, swamps and other places. Omnivorous, it eats fish, shrimp, snails and aquatic plants, especially shellfish. Under artificial feeding conditions, they eat earthworms, lean pork, fish, vegetable leaves and cucumbers. Turtles with a carapace about 6 centimeters long are already capable of laying eggs. The growth season is from July to October every year, and eggs can be laid three times a year, with 2 to 5 eggs being laid frequently. The long diameter of the egg is 27 mm, the short diameter is 14 mm, and the egg weighs 3.6 grams.

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