Alias: flower turtle, pearl turtle, long-tailed tortoise Tortoise Distribution: Laos, Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan. A length: 18-25cm This beautiful turtles in the head, neck and exposed skin with a pinstripe bright green and black. Dark carapace, often along the keels, long reddish plaques less obvious. The larval usually three keels, but generally does not appear in the older adult. o sinensis is a medium size turtles can grow to 8 or 9 inches. China flower turtle (chinese striped-neck turtle) long webbed feet, are highly aquatic. They are distributed in southern China, Taiwan and northern Vietnam, life in the slow water flow in the lower-lying areas, ponds, swamps and streams. A young turtles build a comfortable mesocosms out_set_, you should use a 20-gallon (76-liter) rectangular aquarium (or larger). The length of 1/3 to 1/4 of the place designated a terrestrial, put the rest of the place 4 - 6 "of water. 68 - 75 ° f (18 - 24c) is a suitable temperature. Kept indoors turtles need light such as reptisun like reptile lamp uv-b. spend turtle basking, it should be placed on land above a warm incandescent basking area should be heated to about 78 - 84 ° f (26 - 29c) so. New nervous individual, to create a "natural" landscape plants, peat moss, wood, etc., can provide psychological comfort.
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Scientific name: Ocadia sinensis English: Chinese Strip-necked Turtle Chinese: China Flower Turtle Category: Tide families spend turtle turtle genus Alias: Flower turtle, pearl turtles, long-tailed tortoise, tortoise Taiwan Distribution: Laos, Vietnam and southern China, Taiwan. A long :18-25cm Protection: The species has been included in China's State Forestry Administration, August 1, 2000 release of "The State protects the beneficial or of important economic or scientific value of terrestrial wild animals." This beautiful turtles on its head, neck and exposed skin are long with bright green and black pinstripe. In the dark carapace, often along the edge protrusion, there are less obvious long reddish patches. Larvae usually has three projecting ribs, but more generally will not appear on the older adult. O. sinensis is medium sized turtles, can grow to 8 or 9 inches. China Flower Turtle (Chinese Striped-neck Turtle) have webbed feet long, is highly aquatic. They are distributed in southern China, northern Taiwan and Vietnam, living in low-lying water slowly ponds, marshes and streams. To a young turtles build a comfortable eco-box, at the beginning you should use a 20 gallons (76 liters) of a rectangular aquarium (or larger). The local length of 1/3 to 1/4 of the land turned into the rest of the places to put 4 - 6 "Water 68 -. 75 ° F (18 - 24C) is kept in a suitable room temperature requires a turtle. . ReptiSun kind of light, such as UV-B light flower turtle like reptile basking, so the land should be placed at the top of a light warm incandescent basking area should be heated to about 78 -. 84 ° F (26 - 29C) or so. New tense mood on individuals, plants, peat moss, wood, etc. to create a "natural" landscapes that can provide psychological comfort. Flowers are mainly herbivorous turtles, and aquatic plants for food, but they also eat invertebrates found in the water. Can be fed a variety of aquatic plants (such as duckweed and water lettuce), romaine lettuce, dandelion, chickweed, and various fruits. Commercial turtle food (Turtle Brittle, ReptoMin, TEN, etc.) can provide vitamins and minerals, which is also important for turtles. Rep-Cal such additives help maintain healthy, once a week. "Habits and temperament." Flowers turtles are freshwater turtles in a larger size. Its carapace length to 20 cm, width 16 cm, small head, the top rear of the smooth scales, with fine teeth on the beak, the central portion of a depression. Carapace was maroon and slightly arched, not serrated trailing edge. Plastron brown, each piece has a large shield-shaped plaque ink stains, the plastron edge notch. A bridge obviously, connected by sutures between the carapace plastron. Its head, neck, limbs are covered with green stripes, so called "flower turtle." Sexing male carapace is longer, narrower rear, the trailing edge of the anal orifice located farther plastron, female carapace large shell over the arch, the trailing edge of the anal orifice is located close to the plastron. There are large differences in Taiwan spend turtles and other origins, but currently does not recognize it as a new subspecies. Flowers turtle aquatic turtles subtropical regions. Warm-cold fear, living in the pond, river and land. Sunny, the China Flower turtles especially love the "sun shell." When the water temperature is about 10 ℃, into hibernation; slightly crawling around when the water temperature of 15 degrees Celsius; around 20 ℃ temperature can be active, eating; temperature above 22 ℃ activity, food intake increases. Omnivorous, feeding conditions can be fed everyday pork, fish, shrimp, etc., especially millet eating shrimp, fed three times per week, each turtle food intake by 5% of body weight, may be appropriate to increase, but not a sudden increase should step by step, so that it gradually adapt in order to avoid indigestion. The annual spring is the key to the survival of turtles. Then the turtle in a semi-dormant state, coupled with diurnal temperature changes, so that the turtle can easily grasp the bad disease. Average temperature at 15 ℃, should be taken to keep feeding at the time of artificial heating above 22 ℃. (After feeding the ambient temperature can not be reduced). 17 ° C when, although there is the desire to eat turtle, but not to feed, to prevent the turtle can not properly digest food and cause illness. In summer, when the water temperature is about 34 ℃, eating a large amount of turtles, you should increase the ration to accelerate the growth of the turtle, if without reproduction can also be fed every 2 to 3 times a week. Routine should change water frequently (before feeding may be), but you can not use well water, so the water temperature is too large, causing adverse consequences. Fall is the key to keeping turtles. As the saying goes keep the bones in spring, autumn and raise fat, nutrients stored in the body of the turtle much direct impact on the success or failure of the turtle hibernation. So, in the fall to increase the ration first, followed by the bait should add vitamin C and multivitamins to improve resistance to turtles. It should also pay attention to the daily changes in ambient temperature, night temperatures around 18 ℃, in order to avoid counterproductive, causing disease. Fall feeding is good, beneficial turtles hibernate in winter can put the turtle on the wet sand, or on the 10 cm depth of the tank, let it hibernate. Water temperature can not be less than 8 ℃. Otherwise turtle hibernation security will be threatened. China Flower Turtle good temperament, timid, domesticated accessible person. "Sexing" Females larger cloacal aperture located within the rear edge of the carapace; smaller males, thick and long tail, cloacal aperture is located outside the rear edge of the carapace. 'Reproductive habits. " March to May, the female body has an annual turtle eggs mature, 7 to 17 per litter. Every 10 to 20 spawning, incubation period of 2 months. "Market demand" Chinese flower turtle has some medicinal value, ornamental value, but multiply faster, there has been oversupply, slow-moving issues outstanding, low breeding efficiency. "Other" China Flower Shield belly turtle larvae edge mask black spots, like a pearl capsules, also known as pearl turtle. China has been able to spend a lot of artificial breeding turtles, especially in Taiwan, China large amount of artificial propagation.
