Yangcai arm golden turtle is a national key protected wild animal, belonging to the order Coleoptera, golden turtle family. It is distributed in Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other places in China.
It is a national second-class protected animal in China and is rare in number.
In 1982, China declared the Yangcai Arm Golden Turtle extinct, but in recent years there have been reports of the discovery of the worm.
Oblong oval, back strength arc arch; small shields are shiny golden-green, most of the forefoots and elytra are dark copper-green, and the ventral surface of the body is densely covered with fluff; the dorsal plate of the forebresa is very arched, with a distinct mediastinal groove, densely covered with dots, the lateral edges are serrated, and the base is concave; the forefoot is particularly long, exceeding the length of the body is its characteristic
It lives in evergreen broad-leaved forests, where adults lay their eggs in decaying wood chips.
The variety was once rumored to be extinct, but on September 27, 2011, Lin Sen, director of the Wildlife Conservation Station in Shangrao City, replied to reporters that the crustacean insects captured by experts from the Provincial Forestry Pest Control and Quarantine Bureau were indeed the Yangcai Arm Golden Turtle, a national second-class protected animal, and it was found for the first time in Shangrao. [
China declared the extinction of the Yangcai Arm Golden Turtle in 1982, but in recent years, guizhou, Chongqing, Jiangxi and other places have been found.
The Yangcai Arm Golden Turtle is endemic to China and is not distributed abroad, but there are other arm golden turtles in Asia, such as the Taiwan Arm Golden Turtle, the Thai Arm Golden Turtle, the Turkish Ji Arm Golden Turtle, the Gecai Arm Golden Turtle, the Mai Cai Arm Golden Turtle, and the Brown Arm Golden Turtle