Morphological characteristics of Burmese tortoise

Burmese tortoise The morphological characteristics of the Burmese tortoise
The Burmese tortoise

The shape of the Burmese tortoise is changeable, and the most important change is It's the color of the carapace. The color change of the carapace of the Burmese tortoise is affected by many factors, the most important of which are the intensity of light and the change of subspecies.

1. Appearance characteristics of Burmese tortoise

The adult carapace is about 20cm long. The head is plain, with a pair of forehead scales and a large, often broken forehead scale on the top of the head. The other scales are small and irregular; the snout is short, and the jaw edge is finely serrated. The back is high, the armor is long, and the ridge is relatively flat; the hip shield is single and wrapped downward. The plastron is large, the front edge is flat and rich, and the rear edge is deeply notched. The hands and feet are strong and cylindrical; the forelimbs have 5 claws; there are no webs between the fingers and toes. The tail is short, with a claw-like horny process at the end, and the male is vigorous. When alive, the head is light yellow-green, the body is yellow-green, each scute has irregular black patches; the hands and feet are brown, with irregular black spots.

Two. Identification of male and female Burmese tortoises

Body weight 500 Gender can be identified by gram arrangement. The center of the plastron of the female turtle is flat, without any depression, and the tail is short. The cloaca hole is closer to the rear edge of the plastron. The center of the plastron of the male turtle is concave. The concave level of the plastron is larger in older turtles and the tail is longer. And strong, the cloaca hole is far away from the posterior edge of the plastron. During the growth season, the shells around the eyes and nose of male and female turtles tend to be pink, and the claws are gray.


                    </p>

                </p>