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Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle
The Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle inhabits small coastal rivers, wetlands, or swamps, is strongly aquatic, and can bury into bottom mud. It is fully aquatic, even hibernating and mating in water, with females coming ashore only to lay eggs.
Chaco Side-necked Turtle
The Chaco Side-necked Turtle is a turtle of the genus Acanthochelys, first found in Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Because side-necked turtles are taxonomically complex, identifying species by appearance alone is difficult, and the Chaco Side-necked Turtle is neither widespread nor commonly seen in the market.
Northern Ornate Box Turtle
The Northern Ornate Box Turtle is a desert-dwelling box turtle of the genus Terrapene, found in the United States and Mexico. Highly drought-tolerant, it stores water well and endures arid conditions better than other box turtles.
Spotted Box Turtle
The Spotted Box Turtle is a rare box turtle native to the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico, now endangered and uncommon; it is one of the rarer members of the box turtle genus, with a relatively small carapace and distinctive appearance.
Adanson’s Mud Turtle
The Adanson's Mud Turtle is a small, seldom-seen aquatic turtle from central Africa, a minor member of the African side-neck genus. Although not internationally listed as endangered, it is rarely traded.
Speckled Cape Tortoise
Like most wild tortoises, the Speckled Cape Tortoise lives sheltered among rocks, but it is unusual in that it enters a dormant state during both excessively hot and excessively cold seasons until conditions become favorable.
Boulenger’s Cape Tortoise
Boulenger's Cape Tortoise (Homopus boulengeri) is a rare and little-studied tortoise from South Africa's Karoo region, resembling the Speckled Cape Tortoise but slightly larger and reaching up to 13 cm. Few are kept in captivity, and conservation awareness for this species remains limited.
Berger’s Cape Tortoise
Berger's Cape Tortoise is a small tortoise native to the coastal regions of Namibia and western South Africa, where it shelters among rock crevices and feeds on the flowers and fruits of plants such as cucumbers, gourds, grapes, and figs, reproducing by laying eggs.
Hydromedusa maximiliani (Brazilian Snake-necked Turtle)
The Brazilian snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa maximiliani) is the smallest Brazilian freshwater turtle, found in cold, fast streams of the Atlantic montane rainforest. It is rare, expensive, and listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
Graptemys pseudogeographica (False Map Turtle)
The false map turtle is a map turtle that is less commonly kept than sliders, needing clean water and a quiet environment. It is omnivorous but especially loves shrimp, and is distinguished by bright yellow markings behind the eyes.