The stone golden turtle is an excellent turtle species for breeding green-haired turtles. When they mature, their body length is between 15-20 cm, belonging to medium-sized turtles. The carapace of the stone golden turtle is flat, brown-yellow or brown-black in color. There are three ridges on the carapace, but only one ridge in the middle is obvious. The trailing edge of the carapace of the stone golden turtle is serrated, the color of the ventral armor is yellow, and there will be an ink stain on each shield, which is evenly distributed. Stone golden turtle's limbs are flat, the outer sides of the limbs are brown and gray, and the inner sides are yellow. Their forelimbs are 5 fingers, their hind limbs are 4 toes, their toes are webbed, and their tails are thin and short.

Although there is only one word difference between stone golden turtle and golden turtle, their difference is quite big. First of all, there is the difference in species. Money turtles are closed-shell turtles. If you retract your limbs into your carapace, you can't see any gaps at all. Stone golden turtle belongs to the genus Pseudomonas, and there are great differences in varieties between them. Secondly, the appearance is different. The color of the carapace of the stone golden turtle is brown-green or brown-black, and the color of the golden turtle is mostly brown-yellow or brown-red. Finally, their habits are different. Moneychelles are semi-water turtles and stone moneychelles are water turtles.