Guizhou is one of the larger areas of wild flora and fauna in China, and contains today's rare "subtropical complete ecosystem", an area of 41,000 hectares, all of which also provide a basis for the survival of many scarce and wild animals and plants, such as: golden snub-nosed monkeys, rare animals and plants such as the golden snub-nosed monkey, of which the golden snub-nosed monkey is relatively scarce, belongs to the same high-level species as the giant panda, and is a companion animal of the Quaternary period like the giant panda, so it can be called the "living fossil" of the animal kingdom.
Of course, here we will not explain - why the golden snub-nosed monkey is not defined as a "national treasure", all kinds of creatures have their own characteristics, here to explain, just to show that guizhou's wild animal population is indeed relatively large. In Yinjiang Autonomous County, Guizhou, a rare species named "Yangcai Arm Golden Turtle" has emerged, which can be said to be very scarce, and once declared extinction, which caused many people to discuss.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" what is the > Yang Colored Arm Golden Turtle? </h1>
The creature of the Yangcai Arm Golden Turtle may make many people have a "familiar" feeling, but this creature is no longer much now, and it belongs to china's second-level protected organisms. Yangcai arm golden turtle is mainly distributed in Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places in China, and it is indeed relatively rare in Guizhou. It belongs to the family of golden turtles, the arm turtle family contains a total of about 20 species in 3 genera, and about 4 species are recorded in China, and their appearance is very similar, but the similarity is not necessarily a species.
Therefore, when many people see the Yangcai Arm Golden Turtle, they will think that they have seen it, but this is not. Species of the arm turtle family have golden green, dark green, golden blue brilliant luster, or yellow-brown, chestnut brown single color, while the yang color arm turtle is generally based on the golden green appearance, in the sun looks very different. Its small shield has a distinctly reflective effect. The overall length of the Yangcai Arm Golden Turtle is about 69 mm and the body width is 40 mm, so it is still relatively large, and the biggest feature is also the forefoot of the creature.
The forefoot is particularly long, exceeding the length of the body, which is also a characteristic of the arm turtle family, which often lives in broad-leaved forests and has high ecological and environmental requirements for the biological population, which can be seen in Guizhou this time, and it is not an easy task. This time the discovery must also be well protected, and it must not be allowed to have problems.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="15" > declared extinct in 1982, and rare Yangcai arm golden turtle appeared in Guizhou</h1>
The area discovered this time is located in the Yinjiang Yangxi Provincial Nature Reserve in Guizhou, which is also the first (first) discovery of the national second-level protected animal - Yangcai arm golden turtle, so it is very rare in Guizhou. And this time only 1 was found, which belongs to dark green, with slender forefoots and extra-large individuals. At the time of discovery, the local expert Mi Xiaoqi was also contacted, and after the final identification and verification, the insect was a national second-level protected animal Yangcai arm golden turtle.
Later, after the investigation, only one of the Yangcai arm golden turtles was also released back to the nature reserve to return to nature, and the species also has the reputation of "Chinese beetle gibbon", which was declared extinct in 1982, but in recent years, we have found reports of this species, such as: in 2015 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, A 6.5 cm long yangcai arm golden turtle with a whole body of about 12 cm was found, in 2016, a yangcai arm golden turtle with a body length of 6.5 cm was found, and in 2019, another was found in Shexian County, Anhui Province, and so on.
This all shows that the population of Yangcai arm golden turtles is gradually recovering, so it also shows that their overall population is expanding, which is a good thing. The reason why this creature was rare before, mainly because of the relationship with the ecological environment and the capture of humans, is the general situation. The emergence of creatures that were once declared extinct and the recovery of populations are really a good thing compared to the discovery of a new species.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > Why does the Yang Color arm golden turtle appear, what does it mean? </h1>
The emergence of the Yangcai arm golden turtle does illustrate a certain change in the ecological environment, and the Yinjiang River is also one of the better ecosystem areas in Guizhou, where the wild animal and plant population is very large, and the creatures such as the ground turtle (ground group fish), rolling mountain beads, lizards (four-legged snakes), and Shanglu (called rod snakes) are very common. At the same time, the area belongs to a typical subtropical humid monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 16.8 °C, so it also provides a survival basis for wild biological populations.
According to public data, the forest coverage rate of Yinjiang County in Guizhou has reached more than 70%, which is not low. At the same time, from the perspective of the forest coverage rate of the entire Guizhou region, it is also good. The forest coverage rate in Guizhou has also reached 60%, the comprehensive vegetation coverage of grasslands has reached 88%, and the green coverage rate of villages has reached 43.23%. It also provides a basis for the survival of living things.
It just so happens that the Yangcai Arm Golden Turtle also needs the support of the growth of forest activities, so the emergence of the Yangcai Arm Golden Turtle may mean that the ecological environment has indeed undergone a certain transformation, otherwise it is unlikely to appear. In the future, when we continue to protect the ecosystem, we may see not only 1, but many, the environment is conducive to their growth, population expansion, this is the general situation.