The golden turtle, whose scientific name is the three-line closed-shell turtle, is also known as the red-sided turtle, golden-headed turtle, and red-bellied turtle. It is a traditional Chinese medicinal material and belongs to the class Reptile and Turtles in animal taxonomy. Order, Turtleidae. The golden turtle likes to live in shady places and has the habit of living in groups. It is omnivorous and mainly preys on snails, fish, shrimps, tadpoles and other aquatic animals in the water. It also eats young mice, young frogs, scarabs, snails and Fly maggots sometimes also eat pumpkins, bananas and tender stems and leaves of plants.
The money turtle is currently one of the most valuable turtle species in China. Generally, the price of seedlings is several thousand yuan, and the price of adult money turtles is tens of thousands of yuan. The price of male turtles with good quality can reach tens or even more. Millions of dollars.