Yellow Pond Turtle

The yellow pond turtle is a medium-sized, semi-aquatic turtle of up to 19.5cm, with a characteristic broad yellow stripe extending behind the eye and down the neck. The carapace ranges from greyish-brown to brown, and the plastron is yellow or orange with black blotches along the outer edges (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is omnivorous, feeding on insects, fish, tadpoles and vegetable matter such as leaves and seeds. 'Fujian pond turtles' are hybrid specimens mainly produced in Chinese turtle farms, usually from matings between female yellow pond turtles and another species. The Reptile Database gives northern Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan and Japan (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account).