Pig-nosed turtle, also called pig-nosed turtle, is a turtle with no hard shell on its back. It is highly aquatic and usually does not bask in the back. However, it has high requirements for water quality and is prone to rotten skin and nails. It is relatively difficult to raise and the price is moderate.

Chinese scientific name: pig-nosed turtle

Nicknames: Oceania Pignosed Turtle, Flying River Turtle, Pignosed Turtle, etc.

Latin scientific name: Carettochelys insculpta

English name: Fly River turtle, pig-nosed turtle.

Field: animal kingdom

Phylum: Chordata phylum

Class: Reptiles

Target: tortoise.

Suborder: tortoise.

Family: Trionychus.

Genus: soft-shelled turtle

Species: Pig-nosed turtle

Distribution: northern Australia, southern Irian Jaya and southern New Guinea.

Appearance characteristics: its carapace is round, dark gray, olive gray or brown gray, with a row of white spots near the edge.

Living habits: Typical habitats include rivers, estuaries, lagoons, lakes, swamps and ponds.

Habitat: aquatic.

Breeding Habits: In the country of origin, the dry season from July to 10 is the breeding season of the pig-nosed turtle. Adult females climb the sand dunes on the shore at night, then dig holes about 20 cm deep, and each nest lays 7~ 19 eggs, which are oval and shaped like table tennis.

Feeding habits: Pig-nosed turtle is an omnivorous turtle with plant-based food, mainly eating fruits, leaves, flowers and various aquatic plants falling in the river; At the same time, they also eat animal foods, such as mollusks, insect larvae, crustaceans, fish and the carcasses of mammals.