Geographical distribution of yellow-headed elephant turtle

Domestic Burmese turtles are distributed in Guangxi and Yunnan, and abroad are mainly distributed in Nepal, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Cambodia. A large number of Burmese turtles can often be seen in domestic vegetable markets and pet markets, most of which are imported from Southeast Asia. Most of the Burmese turtles in China are imported as edible turtles, and the transportation process is rather rough and the environment is quite bad, which leads to serious internal injuries or serious parasitic problems of many Burmese turtles in the domestic pet market, and their constitutions are quite weak. This is also the reason why many players have a high mortality rate when they buy Burmese turtles. Living habits: Burmese turtles are subtropical terrestrial turtles, mainly living in forests with high humidity. Love warmth, fear cold. When the ambient temperature is 22-33℃, the turtle's activity and food intake are large, and when it is 17-20℃, it only eats a little food, and its activity is not large. No matter how low the temperature is, there are hibernating Burmese turtles, which are docile and suitable for group reproduction and polyculture, but they are predatory. I don't like strong sunlight very much. If I put them outdoors, I should pay attention to the time when they are directly exposed to the sun. If it takes more than 30 minutes, they may be dehydrated. The exposure time of young turtles in the sun should not exceed 10 minute. Shaded areas must be provided.

Feeding habits: I like to eat fruits, vegetables and lean meat under artificial feeding conditions, such as vegetable leaves, apples, watermelons, grapes, tomatoes, bananas, lean meat and snails. Burmese turtles are more sensitive to red than white and like red food, such as tomatoes. It is suggested that the diet should be mainly vegetables, supplemented by fruits and animal protein. Burmese turtles especially like drinking water, so the water supply needs to be very sufficient. Classification of Burmese turtles: Novices often hear names such as Ruili species and Yumen, which are easily confused. The following is the classification information of Burmese turtles.

Burmese species: The turtle shell is wide, and the back of the larva is yellow-brown, with large black spots on each carapace and two black spots on the abdominal carapace. The most special thing is that the head is golden yellow, the throat and ears are gray, the skin is gray, the scales of the forefoot are small, and there is no obvious growth ring on the turtle shell. Southeast Asia Group: refers to individuals distributed outside Myanmar. Body color changes greatly, almost every one is different. The tortoise shell is slender, ranging from golden yellow with no pattern to all black, but generally there are dark brown patterns on the brown of the tortoise shell, while there are two black spots on the abdominal armor, the head is bluish yellow to gray, the skin is gray, and the limbs are black and yellow spots. The body color of species in Southeast Asia changes the most. These include what many people usually call "chocolate Burma", "emerald Burma" and "Ruili species". It is worth mentioning that many people call it all-black Ruili species in Myanmar, which is wrong. Ruili species is just a big black spot on the carapace. All brown, all yellow and all black belong to Southeast Asian species. All brown people become chocolate Burma, and all yellow people become jade Burma.

Ruili species: the tortoise shell is wide and flat, and the adult body color is very similar to that of the Burmese. Larvae is bluish yellow on the back, with big black spots on each shell, golden head, gray ears and gray skin. The most special thing is that there are black spots on each carapace, the scales on the forelegs are large, and the growth rings on the tortoise shell are obvious.

All normal Burmese turtles have neck protectors.