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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.
Annam Turtle
A Vietnamese endemic box-turtle lookalike (Mauremys annamensis) - rare, expensive, and a Vietnam first-class protected species; trade is effectively off-limits.
Central American Snapping Turtle
The rarest of the four chelydran snapping-turtle subspecies - large, dark, pugnacious, and really a 'meat turtle', not a home pet.
Asian Giant Turtle
Asia's largest hard-shelled semi-aquatic turtle - a temple favourite, long-lived, and of conservation concern across Southeast Asia.
Western Painted Turtle
The largest painted-turtle subspecies - colourful, common, and a good (if feisty) North American water turtle for keepers who avoid crowding.
Spotted Turtle
A tiny, starry-spotted North American gem - one of the smallest turtles, beautiful, and of real conservation concern (pricey and declining).