Turtle's Turtle

Bryon's Turtle's balanced shell length is 25.5 cm; Shell width 18 cm. The chin and throat are bright yellow, making it immediately distinguishable from those basking. The back armor is smooth, shaped like a steel helmet, and black in color. It has many irregularly shaped dots and worm patterns arranged in a radial shape.

The plastron has hinge joints, is yellow, and is equipped with symmetrically distributed black complex patches. The neck is long, the head is flat, and the eyes are overhanging. The male's plastron is slightly concave. Extremely cold tolerant. They are mainly aquatic, but they often come to the mainland to bask in their backs or look for insects and snails. They are shy by nature and often bask on muskrat nests or logs. Once disturbed, they will run away.

Bryck's turtles are mainly distributed in the Great Lakes region of the United States, westward to Nebraska, and in southern New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York. There are separate populations in the east. Mating usually takes place in late autumn and early spring. About 6 weeks after mating, the female turtle will lay eggs, with 5 to 12 eggs being laid each year. At a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius, the hatchlings can hatch within 50 days. 25 degrees Celsius, 55 to 60 days. The Brucella's turtle can reach sexual maturity at the age of 14-20 years. The life span of the Brydon's turtle is about 60 years old, and the highest record is 80 years old.

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