What is the difference between the black-necked turtle and the Chinese pond turtle?
The black-necked pond turtle, also known as the Guangdong water turtle and the musk turtle, is different in species from the Chinese pond turtle. || The black-necked turtle inhabits subtropical hills and mountainous forest areas near streams, as well as mountain grasslands. The Chinese pond turtle is a aquatic reptile that can also come onto land, mainly inhabiting rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds and other waters.
1. The black-necked turtle
The Guangdong pond turtle is a kind of pond turtle belonging to the suborder Cryptodira, family Geoemydidae. It is also called the black-necked turtle. It inhabits subtropical hills and mountainous forest areas near streams, as well as mountain grasslands; it likes warmth and fears cold. This species has been included in the "List of Terrestrial Wild Animals under National Protection that Are Beneficial or Have Important Economic or Scientific Research Value" issued by the State Forestry Administration on August 1, 2000
It inhabits streams, rivers and ponds in jungles and mountainous areas. It has the habit of basking on logs or rocks. It is omnivorous, and its food includes insects, snails, small shrimp, small fish, earthworms and aquatic plants, etc. In captive breeding it can eat shrimp, fish meat, beef and chicken.
2. The Chinese pond turtle
The Chinese pond turtle, also known as the wugui, pond turtle, golden-thread turtle, ink turtle, mud turtle, etc., is an omnivorous animal, mainly distributed in mainland China and Taiwan, China, Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions. The Chinese pond turtle belongs to the subfamily Emydinae, genus Mauremys.
The Chinese pond turtle has a relatively flat carapace with three longitudinal keels. The plastron is brownish yellow, and each scute has large dark brown patches. The snout is short. The sides of the head and the throat have yellow stripes and yellow spots edged in dark color, extending backward to the neck; after reaching adulthood, the male turns black all over, very different from the female. The body color of the female Chinese pond turtle generally remains unchanged throughout its life, and its body size is also slightly larger than that of a male turtle of the same age.