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King Dwarf Cichlid
The King Dwarf Cichlid has a golden-yellow body, but unlike other dwarf cichlids it is not richly colored; still, its distinctive golden hue attracts many enthusiasts. It prefers soft water, so water quality requires attention in captivity.
Delhezi Bichir
The Delhezi Bichir (Polypterus delhezi), also called the Banded Dinosaur, is a 'living fossil' fish from the middle Congo River. It can breathe air and tolerate low oxygen, and its larvae have external gills. Reaching 44 cm, it is carnivorous and a popular ornamental fish.
Chinese Giant Salamander
The Chinese Giant Salamander (Andrias davidianus) is one of the world's most precious amphibians, a Class II protected aquatic wildlife in China, nicknamed the 'baby fish' for its cry like an infant. Fierce and agile, in captivity it can live 50-60 years. It is carnivorous, swallowing prey whole.
Florida Snapping Turtle
The most heavily-spined of the four Chelydra subspecies - a fierce, heat-loving carnivore from Florida and Georgia. Adults are aggressive; a meat or farm turtle more than a pet.
Large-headed Turtle
A Chinese-endemic 'big-head' turtle that looks like a Reeves' but with a huge triangular head it cannot retract - a threatened, somewhat delicate water turtle.
Eastern Painted Turtle
One of four painted-turtle subspecies - smaller, plainer and a bit harder to keep than the western form, but a classic, hardy North American pet with a red-edged shell.
Map Turtle
A variable, attractive North American water turtle with a raised midline keel and fine 'map' line-markings. Sensitive to poor water quality - keep the tank clean. The common pet forms are the Mississippi and false map turtles.
Asian Leaf Turtle
A common, beginner-friendly semi-aquatic turtle of the genus Cyclemys - four subspecies differ in shell and neck pattern; hardy and interactive, great for newcomers.
White-lipped Mud Turtle
A strikingly pretty mud-turtle relative - the 'mango-head' morph can flush yellow onto limbs and shell. Friendly and mid-priced, but it cannot brumate and must be kept heated year-round.
McCord’s Box Turtle
A dazzling, China-endemic box turtle (Cuora mccordi) from Guangxi - extremely rare and CITES II; wild individuals are essentially unobtainable. Education-only.