平胸龟（platysternon megacephalum）

平胸龟（platysternon megacephalum） 平胸龟(platysternon megacephalum) Turtle.Txt43 sails, not hanging on the mast, is a useless piece of cloth; the mast, don't hang up the sails, is a normal column; ideals into action is not action, with no reality whatever fog; but not ideal, is not only taking the end of the road. 44 often unlatched the door of success, as long as you are brave to push, it will suddenly open. Turtle called eaglemouth tortoise, turtle, tortoise, Eagle tail three elephants. Mainly distributed in South China and other places, it is the most special kind of freshwater turtles in our country. The head can not shrink into the shell, and its temperament is fierce. It belongs to the two kind of protection species in china. The species was once endangered because of overfishing. Is the Reptilia, testudinata, platysternidae, platysternon. The country is mainly distributed in Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hunan and so on. It is distributed in Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, Thailand and Burma. Economic value: edible, medicinal, ornamental and cultivated, green turtle turtle, export earning foreign exchange and so on. The species has been listed in the National Conservation Bureau's list of land conservation and useful or important economic and scientific research value of terrestrial wildlife released in August 1, 2000. Morphological characteristics: big head, triangular, and the back of the head is covered with large horny shell, beak hook Chengying curved beak, big eyes, no inner ear. Carapace is tan, long oval and central flat, anterior and posterior margin without dentate. The abdomen is olive - colored, smaller, Qie Ping, and the back of the abdomen is connected by a ligament and has a lower margin plate. Limbs gray, with imbricate scales, long hind legs, with sharp long claws outside the fingers and toes of the outside, half webbed between fingers and toes, both for land crawl and for swimming in water. The length of the tail is more than the length of the carapace, and the tail is covered with annular short scales. The head and limbs of this turtle can not be retracted into the abdomen. It is a rather special kind of turtle in our country. Identification of male and female: male abdomen turtle carapace long, flat chest central slightly sunken, thick tail, a rear edge of the hole from the ventral cloaca is far, about 2.5 cm from the base of the tail. The female is very flat in the middle of the chest, has no depression, and has a wide body, and the anus is close to the edge of the abdomen, about 1.5 centimeters from the base. Habitat: Turtle living in Southeast asia. The specimens are most southwestern from Burma and the northeast from southern china. In all these places, the basic Platysternon megacephalum perches the environment all is consistent. It is love life boulders and gravel in full, fast flowing mountain streams. Although most people turtle of the countries are considered to be the tropics, but these turtles inhabit the mountain water temperature can reach 53 degrees F (12 degrees C), which is usually not more than 72 DEG F (23 DEG). Living habits: for amphibious, to life in the water, streams, lakes generally live in the grass. Because of its sharp claws and strong tail, it can easily climb obstacles and climb trees to catch birds. In April 3, when the weather gets warmer, began to seek food, estrus, 5 ~ September the most popular appetite, late autumn and early winter, then drill into the sand, grass or submerged in the bottom. In the wild, the turtles mainly feed snails, clams, shellfish, shrimps, fish, crabs, frogs, insects and snails. When hungry, the leaves also eat grass roots. Under the condition of artificial feeding, can be fed with animal offal, snails, frogs, fish and shrimp meat and bran, bean cake, fruit or fruit peel etc.. Artificial raising Platysternon megacephalum, about three years to mature, from 4 to September to lay eggs, eggs when most eggs in the land sandy soil, few found in water. Turtle breeding equipment: ferocious temperament, at night, feeding or breeding pool vessels should be based on its characteristics, the pool wall must be smooth, the depth should be more than 3 times the length of the turtle body, to prevent the tortoise climb away erect. Raise: Turtle is a great wild turtle, than it is to other turtles hard, not easy to adapt to the living environment of artificial feeding. The new turtle may not directly into the tap water, it should be placed in a dry place, splashed some water to its proper body and surrounding environment, ensure the environment moist. Slowly let them eat some live feeding bait, tadpoles, young frogs, earthworms and so on. If they eat, they kept alone, in the case of feeding, 35 days can be put into the Chen water, is best water, pond water and other natural water, the water depth of not more than 15 cm, it is best to be in the 10 to 15 cm. When they can take the initiative after eating, they can eat some poultry offal or small fish etc.. When the tortoise adapts to its surroundings, the depth of the water can be increased to about 30 centimeters. If they do not eat for a long time, still have to put live bait, but also to the body injection of vitamin B, vitamin C, increase the nutrients in the body, to maintain their health. Turtle are willing to live a clean and clear water, but the bait is put into the water, so the residual impurities is easy to pollute the water, the water will stink, is not conducive to the growth and health of the turtle. So at any time should guarantee the clean water, in summer two season, so after eating turtle to the water change, fall to wait until noon to change, and by the cold winter will not have to change water. [name] turtle [source] for all animal Emydidae turtle. [efficacy] nourishing Yin, Yang, Ning heart, kidney. [indications] for Yin Yang Yuan, spermatorrhea backache syndrome, kidney deficiency, blood deficiency, dizziness, upset insomnia, weak waist and feet paralysis. [tropism of taste] Gan, Xian, cold. Enter the heart, liver, kidney, three classics. [usage dosage] orally: decoct soup, 6-10 grams. [alias] big headed turtle, tortoise, turtle, turtle ("Eagle Eagle Chinese medicinal animal fauna") [the distribution of animal and plant resources] in China's Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Jiangsu, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places. [] a 6 year harvest and storage September dry weather herbs, to the mountains, streams, puddles capture. A, meat and all can be applied. A turtle and tortoise shell. Turtle meat is delicious, high nutritional value, is a famous edible turtle in South china. Cut off the head and remove the armor and viscera. Wash, put oven drying, and pulverizing clothes. The entire turtle can be made into a paste with fried, add appropriate amount of sugar, wine and paraben preservatives such as sodium benzoate. 【拉丁名】平胸megacephalum Gray。 【考证】始载于《中国药用动物志》。