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Four-eyed turtle

Amazing fact

Sacalia quadriocellata has large webs on its feet.

Tiergarten Schönbrunn
Four-eyed turtle in its habitat (illustration)

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Sacalia quadriocellata has large webs on its feet.

SourceTiergarten Schönbrunn — Pfauenaugen-Sumpfschildkröte

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THE REAL WORLD

The real Four-eyed turtle

Scientific name
Sacalia quadriocellata
Japanese name
ヨツメイシガメ
Group
Amphibians and reptiles
Class
Reptilia
Order
Testudines
Family
Geoemydidae
Genus
Sacalia
Facts about the real animal.
01

It lives in southern China, northern Vietnam and Laos.

鳥羽水族館 — ヨツメイシガメ
02

Behind each eye there is an eye-like spot, which is where its Japanese name comes from.

鳥羽水族館 — ヨツメイシガメ

How the Four-eyed turtle lives

It lives in streams and small brooks in woodlands. It eats worms, molluscs and crustaceans. It moves quickly and climbs well.

Naturalis Biodiversity CenterTiergarten Schönbrunn

Basic data

Range
Southern China, northern Vietnam, and Laos
鳥羽水族館

Where the Four-eyed turtle has been recorded

World map with dots where the Four-eyed turtle has been recorded
Each dot marks a place with observations or specimens shared on GBIF. Some records are of animals that strayed or were brought by people, so the dots are not always where the animal lives.

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesAsiaRivers and wetlands

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Names around the world

简体中文
四眼斑水龟
繁體中文
四眼斑水龜

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.

The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.

The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.

This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.

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