The eastern brocade turtle is a small terrapin, belonging to the genus brocade turtle family. The dorsal armor is smooth, flat-oval, usually dark brown to nearly black. It is the only turtle in North America with a dorsal shield arranged in rows, and its vertebral and rib shields are arranged in rows, making it easy to identify among extant turtles. It is an omnivorous animal. Its food includes snails, insects, crayfish, small fish, carrion, algae and aquatic plants. Young brocade tortoises tend to be more carnivorous, while adult individuals tend to be more plant-fed. Likes to inhabit slow-moving ponds, swamps, streams and lakes. It is a diurnal animal that sleeps at night on the bottom of the water or on objects partially immersed in water.

The Eastern Golden Turtle is a reptile belonging to the family Turtles in the order Turtles and the genus Turtles. Medium sized head, dark olive color, with several light yellow stripes on the top of the head; There are yellow vertical stripes in the middle and lower back of each eye. The Eastern Golden Turtle is distributed in the eastern part of North America. It inhabits slow-moving water bodies with soft substrates, sun backed areas, and aquatic plants, such as ponds, swamps, lakes, and streams, and sometimes enters slightly salty water bodies. Omnivorous. The Eastern Golden Turtle has certain ornamental and economic value. [2] Artificial breeding is very common in China, and the price is relatively low, which is loved and raised by many turtle lovers.