turtles red eared slider

Turtles red eared slider

Red eared turtles or sometimes called turtles red eared slider, because the rear on both sides of his head are: thick red stripes. Chinese called the Red-eared turtles, the Latin name Trachemys scripta elegans, commonly known as red-eared turtle, Brazil color turtle, turtle Tsui, mahjong turtles, beautiful painted turtle, colorful turtle, turtle color.

Geographical Distribution
In fact, it is not Brazil color turtle found in Brazil, but produced in the United States and some Central American countries. Now China has a large number of breeding.

Morphology
Red-eared turtle's head, neck, limbs and tail are covered with yellow-green mosaic of uneven thickness of the stripes, the first at the top on both sides there are two thick red stripes. Eye cornea is green, the Central has a black spot. Kiss a blunt. Carapace, plastron each scutellum with yellow-green mosaic and irregular central spot, each turtle patterns are vastly different. Refers to both a webbing between the toes. Tail is moderately long.

Habits
Red-Eared Slider temperament and lively, than I have made any one of the species of freshwater turtles are active, and love. It acoustic, vibration response, and once the scare after another dive. Red-eared turtle is aquatic turtle, I am pleased habitat in the clear reservoirs, sunny afternoon while lying on the shore, drying hi shell, rest of the time floating in the water rest or loiter in the water. Red-Eared Slider's activities with the ambient temperature varies, the optimum temperature for the 20 - 32 ℃, 11 ℃ following hibernation, 6 ° C The following is the depth of hibernation.

Identification of male and female
In the appearance of color on the males and females there was no significant difference in body weight varied widely. When a weight of 1,000 grams of the female, male weighing 250 grams when the individual identification of gender. Females weigh up to 1000 - 2000 grams, plastron flat, cloacal hole in the rear edge of carapace within; male a body weight not exceeding 500 grams, limbs long claws, tail is longer, the location of holes in the dorsal cloaca A rear edge of the tail outside.

Reproduction
Red-eared turtles become sexually mature usually in 4 - 5 years. In spite of some artificial heating turtle feeding, two Reiki has reached 1,000 grams of body weight, but the turtles can not lay eggs. A 5 - 8 Yue as the mating period, oviparous, spawning a year 3 - 4 times, each time spawning 1 - 17 missiles, the number of spawning individuals from the turtle the size of the decision. Turtle eggs more than in the early morning or evening, spawning before the first turtle dig a diameter 8 cm, 10 cm deep hole around the cave, and then the tail pointed in the cave, spawning when the hind legs slightly stretched, so that the eggs along the hind legs Slip one cave to avoid the breakdown of the eggs. When spawning finished, turtles also covered with the hind limbs hanging on to fill holes, hole surface is slightly lower than the ground. Throughout the spawning process takes about 2 hours. Egg colored white, long oval shape. Egg width of diameter 29 - 31.4 millimeters, the short diameter 15.4 - 18.9 millimeters. Egg weight 5 - 6.79 grams.