Chinese name: Eye-spotted water turtle
Two methods:Sacalia pseudocellata
English name:chinese false-eyed turtle
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Creeping Class
Order:Turtles and Turtles Order
Family:Chelinidae
Genus:< /strong>Eye-spotted terrapin
Species:Ocelotus
Dispersed: In mainland China, scattered in Hainan and other places.
Living habits: Like to live where the water flow is slow and the bottom is mostly sand, gravel and water.Clear waters. If you occasionally join the agricultural reclamation area, you can find traces of it in rice fields and ponds in summer.
Appearance characteristics:The carapace is about 100 mm long. The back of the head is smooth and scaleless, gray-brown or yellow-green, with dark-brown insect patterns.
Character traits: Born to be weak, when disturbed, the head, tail, hands and feet will be retracted into the shell, or they will run around helplessly.
Growth customs:The spawning period is from May to mid-June. There are often 1 to 2 eggs, and there are cases of spawning in batches. The long diameter of the egg is 43.13 mm, the short diameter is 22.31 mm, and the egg weighs 15.38 grams.
Species Controversy: Since the name of the eye-spotted terrapin in 1992, there has been controversy over the effectiveness of the eye-spotted terrapin. It has always been connected because the turtle's various morphological characteristics are between the yellow-throated turtle and the four-eyed turtle. Hybridization between turtle species is very rare in nature. Many scholars believe that the terrapin is a natural hybrid between the yellow-throated terrapin and the four-eyed terrapin.
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