Turtle this guy, the world knows, Lao Guan is not a brick family, do not know how many varieties, we are not into science, there is no need to tangle and deeply explore. Today I share with you the yellow-rimmed closed-shell turtle in the turtle family.
Although I do not engage in scientific research, I still need to briefly introduce what is a yellow-rimmed closed-shell turtle.
Yellow-edged closed-shell turtle, it is well understood, it is a turtle family, closed-shell turtle genus, that is, a turtle that can close its shell. It is also another name, such as the splint turtle, the snake turtle, the broken plate turtle, the yellow-edged box turtle and so on.
Yellow-edged closed-shell turtle is more abundant in southern China, mainly distributed in Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other mountainous areas in central and southern China, and its distribution in Anhui is mainly limited to southern Anhui and Dabie mountainous areas and hilly areas.
In Guangde, Anhui, we call this guy the splint turtle, for more grounded gas, the following are called plywood turtle.
Splint turtles are rarer than local turtles. When I was a child, I often caught turtles in the paddy field, but I rarely saw splint turtles, in my impression, I only saw a splint turtle once, I think it is very strange, and then the whereabouts of the splint turtle are unknown, it is estimated that nine times out of ten was eaten, because it is said that the splint turtle has nutrition and eats a big supplement.
In the era when the awareness of animal protection was not strong, wild animals were caught, and basically could not escape the fate of being eaten.
The second time I saw the splint turtle was at the farm in Ningzong at the end of last year, which also gave me more understanding of the splint turtle.
The splint turtle has its name in the provincial level and above until it is on the world's conservation list. For-profit aquaculture must go through legal procedures. Before 2020, the breeding of splint turtles was issued by the forestry department, and later changed to the agricultural department, and it was necessary to apply for the "Aquatic Wildlife Artificial Breeding Permit" and the "Aquatic Wildlife Business License", and the two certificates were complete before they could be legally farmed and sold.
We once called the splint turtle a dry turtle, which means that it lives on land and does not go into the water, seeing these two certificates, plus Ning Zong's introduction, we know that the original splint turtle is an amphibian reptile, similar to the marine corps.
The splint turtle in Anhui is called the emblem turtle and is famous throughout the country. Huiyuan turtle is divided into southern Anhui and western Anhui turtle, and the splint turtle species in southern Anhui are better than those in western Anhui, ranking first in the country.
It has always been known that the price of the splint turtle is very high, and there is no concept before it is really exposed. Mr. Ning told us that before the new crown epidemic in 2020, the price of a finished turtle can reach more than 20,000 catties, and the turtle seedlings will be about 2,000. Now the market has declined, but the finished turtle is also more than 10,000 pounds, and the turtle seedlings are about 1,000.
Listening to his introduction, my heart was a little bit stupid, and I wondered if I could also build a splint turtle farm and make a lot of money.
However, continuing to communicate with Ning Zong, I found that it was not as simple as imagined, the splint turtle grew slowly, the incubation period took 83 days, the turtle seedlings had to grow for several years, and a finished turtle would take twenty or thirty years to grow, without a little patience, it was impossible to raise this.
In the world of Lao Guan, I feel that the splint turtle is mostly used for food, and after hearing such a high price and such a breeding cycle, I feel that the possibility of eating it should be unlikely.
There is also a use for the splint turtle, that is, medicinal use, suzhou area to make this turtle into "broken plate turtle piece", "broken plate injection". The former is used to treat bone tuberculosis, joint tuberculosis and lymph nodes. In addition to treating various tuberculosis, the latter can also treat internal and external hemorrhoidal bleeding, fistula and use as an adjuvant for cancer. In addition, it has an ascending effect on the decrease in the number of white blood cells caused by chemotherapy.
If everyone thinks the same thing as Lao Guan and thinks that the splint turtle is used for food and medicine, then it is right. Lao Guan is a common man, has not seen anything in the world, according to Mr. Ning, in addition to edible and medicinal uses, now more is the player of the splint turtle, according to the current saying is "disk it", which is not my non-rich and non-expensive people can not reach.
The splint turtle is an endangered species, due to various factors such as imperfect management system and insufficient human funds, poaching and illegal trade activities cannot be completely eliminated, and the wild is very small, and the population is greatly threatened.
Fortunately, there are farmers like Ning Zong, according to him, his farm has more than 600 square meters, and it is only a small farm. In other parts of Anhui, there are larger farms, the number is tens of thousands, and they are working hard to protect the species.
At present, although the yellow-edged closed-shell turtle has been included in the "List of Priority Protected Wild Animals in Anhui Province", there is currently no special protected area in Anhui Province. According to the existing wild distribution of splints in Guangde, as well as the current situation of breeding in Guangde, with reference to the establishment of the Yangtze Crocodile Conservation Area, combined with the rural revitalization strategy, it is recommended to establish a provincial nature reserve for the splint turtle and a breeding base and rescue station for the clamp turtle in Guangde, set up a special person responsible for the protection of the splint turtle, and carry out publicity and education. The advantages of this are twofold, on the one hand, the protection work is done well, and on the other hand, it is also the specific practice of industrial revitalization and ecological revitalization.