The Texas brocade turtle
The carapace of the Texas Brocade Turtle has a beautiful color, with a concentric circle pattern. The center of the concentric circle is orange, and there are small pearl beads surrounded by a yellow-orange outer ring. The carapace is beautiful and the skin is white. This appearance is Texas is also known as the Super Texas Diamondback Turtle, or Chaode.
1. Morphological characteristics of Texas Brocade Turtle
Dezhou Diamond Male striped turtles are 4~51/2" (10.2~13.8cm) long; females are 6~933/8'' (15.2~23.8cm) long. There are ribs on the carapace, which are light brown or gray to black; There are deep growth rings on the scutes, which look like sculptures. The plastron is oblong, slightly yellow or green, and has dark freckles or patches; there are no hinges on the head and joints. The neck is gray with black dots. The eyes are dark and bright, and the jaw is light in color.
Differences between the two subspecies of Diamondback Turtle.
1. The carapace of the northern diamondback turtle is wedge-shaped when viewed from above, and is scattered in the area from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras in Northern California. .
The Carolina diamondback turtle is similar to the northern subspecies, but more oval in appearance, and is found from Cape Hatteras to northern Florida
2. The carapace of the Florida East Coast Diamondback Turtle looks dark, while the center part of the scutes is lighter in color. The growth rings on the carapace are not very obvious and are scattered in the The Great American Coast of Florida.
3. The mangrove diamond turtle has stripes on its neck and vertical stripes on its hind legs, and is scattered among the Florida coral islands.
4. The golden turtle has a huge orange and yellow patch in the center of the larger scute on its back, Florida Bay and Florida Peninsula
5. The Mississippi Diamondback Turtle has dark brown or black carapace, yellow plastron, and extremely dark leg skin. It is distributed from the westernmost point of Florida to western Louisiana. .
6. The highest point on the Texas Diamondback Turtle’s carapace points to the rear, the plastron is almost white, the legs are gray-green, and there are many tiny Black point, scattered from western Louisiana to western Texas.
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