The South American snapping turtle
The South American snapping turtle is very strong and even more It is an adult turtle and looks like an overweight fat man. The South American snapping turtle eats a lot and exercises little. It will attack when it encounters possible dangers and is easily injured in captivity.
The South American snapping turtle looks very similar to the North American subspecies, and there are also differences between the Ecuadorian population and the Nicaraguan population due to different geographical dispersion. Its nearly round carapace has slight protrusions, which gradually flatten out as it grows. The third vertebral shield is smaller, less than 25% of the carapace length, and the carapace color is olive brown, dark brown, olive gray or black. The length of the front page of the plastron exceeds 40% of the length of the carapace. The plastron is yellow, tan or gray, and larvae will have red freckles on the plastron.
The carapace part of the larvae can be seen as radial lines or dots. There are three pairs of whisker-like protrusions on the lower jaw, the first pair is larger, and the back two pairs are smaller. The neck is a protruding tumor. The tail has three distinct rows of protrusions. There are many protrusions on the flanks, hands and feet. In resting areas in the northern part of the production area, snapping turtles occasionally hibernate and do not emerge until the temperature rises in the spring of the following year.
There are no cases of successful artificial development of snapping turtles in South America, so all those seen on the market are wild individuals. After all, the number of wild individuals is not large, so the real South American snapping turtles Snapping turtles are rarely seen in the market.
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