Philippine flower The surface characteristics of the turtle

1. Appearance characteristics of P. philippiensis

Pelgium elegans There are 4 yellow vertical stripes with black edges on the glans and the side of the neck, with narrow brown vertical stripes at a distance from each other. The plastron and skin are slightly pinkish-orange, and the same is true for the adult body. The nail bridge is shorter and the plastron is wider (the length of the nail bridge is less than 90% of the front width of the posterior half of the plastron), the femoral scute groove is short and the laryngeal shield is long (the femoral scute groove is less than 120% of the maximum length of the laryngeal shield)

Two. Differences between Philistine and Chinese turtles

1. There are 4 yellow vertical stripes bordered by black edges on the head and side of the neck of the fish's turtle, with narrow brown vertical stripes separated from each other; the Chinese turtle has at least 8 narrow beige to yellow vertical stripes bordered by black. .

2. The plastron and skin of the former are slightly pinkish-orange, and the same is true for adults; the latter is beige to yellow

3. The nail bridge of the Pleistocene turtle is shorter and the plastron is wider; the nail bridge of the Chinese turtle is longer

4. The femoral scute groove is shorter and the laryngeal scute is longer in the Phoebe's turtle; the femoral scute groove is longer in the Chinese turtle.


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