Generally speaking, turtles will hibernate when the temperature is lower than 15 °C, but for tropical regions where the minimum temperature is difficult to fall below 20 °C, tropical turtles living in tropical areas basically have no need for hibernation. However, you would be wrong to say that all tropical turtles do not hibernate, and the ploughing wood grain turtle has magically mastered the skill of hibernation.
The plough-ditch woodgrain turtle is found in the tropical regions of Belize, Guatemala and northwestern Honduras, Mexico, and most of the places where they live belong to tropical rainforest climates.
The most obvious feature of the tropical rainforest climate is the high temperature and rainy all year round, and there is no obvious seasonal difference, so as long as the temperature does not exceed 40 ° C, in such a humid environment, the plough ditch wood grain turtle is fully equipped with the ability to reproduce on the surface.
But what is even more bizarre is the hibernation ability of the ploughing wood turtle. With the development of the famous turtle market, when the plough ditch wood grain turtles reach the high latitudes, players are surprised to find that they hibernate! To this day, many natural scientists have been unable to explain the reason for the hibernation of the plough-ditch wood grain turtle.
However, the plough ditch wood grain turtle is still a tropical turtle after all, its hibernation ability is still slightly inferior to other turtles with hibernation habits, the temperature is lower than 10 ° C, it is recommended not to let it hibernate naturally, it should be warmed to winter more appropriately.
Author: Shen Gui Net