Spider-web turtles

Spider-web turtles are small tortoises that grow very slowly. Under normal circumstances, it can grow 0.5cm a year, and its carapace is covered with complex patterns like spider webs, so it is called a spider web turtle. Spider web turtles are all yellow in color and have no obvious scales on their legs.

The mature carapace of spider web turtles is usually 12~15cm in length. The carapace has a special black glaze and a network-like bright yellow pattern. There is a central joint structure between the shield and the thoracic shield. Carapace markings vary greatly. Because they are not large in size, most of the turtles seen on the market in the past are adult turtles. But all the turtles at the entrance are baby turtles. The carapace of the Spider Web Tortoise has black and yellow patterns in the shape of a spider web. The plastron and carapace of some subspecies can perform the action of closing the shell. The skin on the hands, feet, head and neck is mostly black or yellow.

Basically, spider web turtle hatchlings are extremely sensitive and timid turtles, and the less vibration they have, the better. The rate of juvenile turtles refusing to eat is quite high, and the rate of death from diseases is also higher than 50%, so they need more careful care. Adult turtles appear more colorful and eat more. Some adult turtles that were legally imported in the early days can even be raised as dry sulcatas, which are very strong. A small number of individual patterns will expand as they grow, and the background color will also transform into a yellowish body color, which is called high yellow in overseas countries. This situation is compared with the currently named subspecies P.a. arachnoides. many.

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