keeled box turtle造句

• The male keeled box turtle is very aggressive during the act of mating.
• Like many other turtles the keeled box turtle does not care for its young.
• The population of the keeled box turtle has been on a steep decline in some areas, particularly Vietnam.
• Male and female keeled box turtles can be distinguished by the color of their eyes as well as their nails.
• Specimens of at least the northern and central Vietnamese taxa hybridize apparently in the wild with keeled box turtle males to produce the turtles once considered a separate species or subspecies, " Cuora serrata ".
• Since 2011, its scientists have coordinated species survival plans for four turtle species, the keeled box turtle, the endangered spiny turtle, the endangered four-eyed turtle, and the critically endangered Arakan forest turtle.
• Among these is the rare golden coin turtle ( " Cuora trifasciata " ), fetching almost US $ 1, 800 per turtle, as opposed to around $ 6.50 for a common Chinese softshell turtle, or $ 80 for a keeled box turtle ( " Cuora mouhotii " ) sold to pet trade, due to its rarity and purported medicinal value.
• These hybrids are bred in the wild ( evolution in progress ) as mentioned Buskirk et al . ( 2005 ) ad documented for the first time in the wild by Shi et al . ( 2005 ), but not in captivity as " novelty " pets as suggested by Parham et al . ( 2001 ) and Stuart & Parham ( 2004 ), between the Keeled Box Turtle and taxa of the Indochinese Box Turtle complex.