In the large family of egg turtles, in addition to musk turtles, there are also our mud turtles. Such as the core mud turtle, red-faced mud turtle, white-lipped mud turtle, yellow mud turtle, etc., are some common egg turtles.
The red-faced mud turtle, which everyone likes to call it the red-faced egg turtle, is a kind of closed-shell turtle, the red-faced turtle can be closed before and after, and when it encounters danger, it will seal itself in the shell, so that predators cannot start. Red-faced seedlings are black and black, there is no characteristic, the genetically good red-faced head color is reddish, the general yellowish, but the red-faced eating is very fierce, so as long as it is fed properly, the growth will be relatively rapid, and the discoloration will be relatively fast.
After the red face hair color is a very worthy thing to show off, so there are certain requirements for the environment, need to be raised in a light environment, the general white storage box, plus a few pieces of yellow wax stone, is to meet the basic needs of the red face hair color. No matter how good the environment needs light, more sun is not only conducive to the hair color of the red face, but also conducive to the health of the turtle, if there is no condition, you can choose the lamp instead. Of course, there is a more critical factor in the red face hair color, that is, feeding, generally better is to feed decai, high enough strength, and there is a hair color artifact, black shell shrimp, basically mixed and fed.
The most attractive thing about the white-lipped mud turtle is that its head is generally golden or creamy, and a broad yellowish stripe extends backwards from the eye sockets on both sides of the head to the neck, which contrasts strongly with the white lips as white as snow. And the white lip is not very difficult to raise, or many friends choose it as a partner.
Pit mud turtle: A small mud turtle with a body length of about 12 cm and a maximum carapace length of 13 .8cm. The pitted mud turtle is black or brown , with three yellow ridges on its smooth dorsal carapace , which are more prominent than those of adults. The head is black, grey or brown , with several yellow lines extending from the nose to the neck.
Core mud turtles like to be active during the day, they like to enjoy the sun, and they will bask in the sun on rocks and sunken wood. The water quality of the pit mud turtle is general, the water level of the small turtle seedlings exceeds the dorsal carapace by 2-3cm, and the water depth when rearing adults is not more than 20cm, and a warm sundeck is needed, and the water provides a certain amount of shelter, and they will also like it. Relatively speaking, the core prefers rotten skin, and the water quality needs to be paid attention to.
Oriental mud turtle: Regarding the identification of the Orient and the helmet, there is actually a clear difference between the Orient: 1. The barb at the edge of the mouth is more obvious; 2. The top of the head is generally a diamond-shaped point; 3. The oriental back armor in the wild is very black. In fact, the helmet is a subspecies of the East. The eastern ventral carapace has a pseudo-closed shell chain that can actually only be bent. Cold tolerance is worse than helmets, love fish and shrimp, turtle food.
Below is the helmet mud turtle, notice that the helmet head has two distinct yellow stripes.
The Yellow Mud Turtle is a small and extremely attractive turtle turtle, their name comes from the yellow color shared on its back, throat and neck, and it is this beautiful body color that makes them very popular with turtles. The dorsal carapace is flat , smooth , and ridgeless , and is yellow , olive , dark brown , or black.
Are there any of these common mud turtles that you like?