Three-toed box turtles
The three-toed box turtles are Carolina box turtles A relatively small one, but the color of the carapace is still relatively beautiful. The most typical characteristic of the three-toed box turtle is naturally three toes, but not all will be like this, and there will be some unexpected situations. .
1. Appearance characteristics of the three-toed box turtle
Turtle shell They are generally brown or olive in color, with occasional yellow stripes or freckles. The plastron is earthy brown; the skin is brown or gray, and the head and forelimbs are colored red, orange, yellow or white. The typical three-toed box turtle originally had only three toes on its feet, but there are different situations. The carapace pattern of the three-toed box turtle is scattered small radiating yellow dots. The background color of the carapace is olive blue or earthy yellow. There are also some individual carapace with small yellow spots scattered on it. The body color of the male three-toed box turtle is mostly red or orange, which is quite bright and beautiful. In terms of size, three-toed turtles are one of the smaller box turtles among the rare box turtles. Female turtles with a plastron of ten to eleven centimeters can sometimes lay eggs.
Identification of males and females of two- and three-toed box turtles
Female The turtle's iris is light yellow, the freckles on the top of its head are light yellow, the scales on the forelimbs are light yellow, the plastron is flat, the tail is short, the cloacal hole is closer to the rear edge of the plastron; the male turtle has red irises, and the freckles on the top of its head are dark orange. Or light orange-red, the scales on the forelimbs are dark orange-red, the back of the plastron is slightly concave, the tail is longer, and the cloacal hole is farther from the rear edge of the plastron.
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