Generally speaking, box turtles belong to semi-water turtles, which can survive on land, but can not completely leave the water. From the appearance, its abdominal part of the long ligament, can be connected with the dorsal part, the whole dorsal part is relatively flat. It has webbing between its toes and can live in the water.
In the wild, they usually live near rivers, swamps or wetlands, and like places with high humidity. In terms of diet, they eat more miscellaneous, can eat earthworms, lean meat, fish and shrimp and other tired food, can also eat fruits, vegetables and other fruits or vegetables.
It is called box turtle, because its upper and lower tortoise shells can be completely merged together. Its limbs can be completely retracted into the tortoise shell, forming a perfect protective cover. This is called a closed shell.
If you look carefully at its body structure, you can find that there are ligaments in its abdominal armor, chest shield and other parts, and the ligaments pull each other to form a movable tortoise shell. In case of danger, the two pieces of tortoise shell can be closed under the interaction of ligaments. At present, there are seven main species of box turtles in the world.
