The appearance characteristics of the Lashio pseudo-water turtle
The appearance of the Lashio pseudo-terrain It's strange that the head is very similar to a tortoise, and the color and pattern of the carapace are very similar to the yellow-throated water turtle (confirmed introduction). Many people think that this should be a hybrid turtle species, but some people still think that This is a special species of turtle.
The back of the head is smooth and scale-free; the head is small; the snout exceeds the lower jaw and is beveled inward; the center of the front end of the upper jaw is slightly concave. The carapace is flat with 3 longitudinal ribs. The back of the head is greenish-yellow; the pharynx and beak are yellow; there are one yellow vertical stripe on the side of the head, above and below the saturated membrane from behind the eyes. The carapace is grey-brown or brownish-yellow, and its longitudinal edges and the periphery of each scute are darker in color. The nail bridge and plastron are yellow, and there is a large square black spot in the center of the trailing edge of each scute. Hands and feet grayish brown. There are yellow vertical stripes on the tail side.
The carapace length is 189mm for males and 193mm for females. The carapace has three edges with prominent ridges. On the back, the plastron is connected by bony sutures, and if the plastron is shorter than the carapace; the laryngeal shield is longer than the center of the front end; the back end of the anal shield is deeply notched; the suture between the thoracic and ventral scutes is the longest, almost ten times, and the suture between the humeral shield is the shortest. . The fingers and toes are webbed. There are seven cone plates, the first lamina is quadrilateral; the 2nd to 4th laminae are hexagonal, with the short side in the back; the 5th and 6th laminae are pentagonal, and the 7th lamina is hexagonal, with the short side in front; The inner plate is flat and large, and the humerothorax suture is transverse to the posterior quarter.
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