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Herrera’s Mud Turtle
Herrera's mud turtle (Kinosternon herrerai) is one of the fiercer mud turtles — looking like a tiger-striped razorback but with the pugnacious personality of a narrow-bridged musk turtle. A rewarding but pricey and aggressive captive that is best kept alone.
Crowned River Turtle
The crowned river turtle (Hardella thurjii) is a South Asian pond turtle that is relatively easy to keep but remains uncommon in the hobby. It is a largely herbivorous, placid water turtle from the rivers and swamps of the Indian subcontinent.
White-lipped Frog
The white-lipped frog (Leptodactylus albilabris) is a slender-legged frog from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, easily recognized by its white upper lip. A hardy amphibian pet that absorbs water through its skin rather than drinking.
Black Ranchu
The Black Ranchu is a Japanese fancy goldfish bred from the Ranchu and the hooded Shouxing, combining a very thick head wen with the Ranchu's elegant, tailless body. Easy to keep in emerald-green water, it is omnivorous and peaceful, but prone to anchor worm, water mold, and white spot.
Red Cap Oranda
The Red Cap Oranda is a prized Chinese fancy goldfish: an all-white body crowned by a high red wen like a crane's red crest. Peaceful but sensitive to water quality, it is easy to keep in 10–30°C soft, weakly alkaline water and thrives on digestible live foods rather than starchy flake.
Guangxi stripe-necked turtle
The Guangxi stripe-necked turtle is a rare, beautifully marked freshwater turtle endemic to Guangxi, China, long suspected—though never confirmed—to be a natural hybrid. In captivity it is an active, omnivorous species that enjoys warm water and is relatively easy for keepers to maintain.
Fitzroy River Turtle
The Fitzroy River Turtle (Rheodytes leukops) is an Australian river turtle famous for 'breathing through its bottom'—it draws oxygen via cloacal sacs, letting it stay submerged far longer than most turtles. A bottom-dweller of flowing, gravelly waters, it is sensitive to poor water quality and warm temperatures.
Philippen’s Stripe-necked Turtle
Philippen's Stripe-necked Turtle (Ocadia philippeni) is a large striped-neck turtle endemic to Hainan, China, resembling the Chinese stripe-necked turtle but with a larger carapace. Sensitive to temperature swings, it is omnivorous and fairly easy to keep, though wild individuals are scarce and often mislabeled as the Chinese stripe-necked turtle.
Pseudemys alabamensis (Alabama Red-bellied Turtle)
The Alabama red-bellied turtle is a small to medium aquatic turtle with a carapace 35–45 cm long. Hatchlings are vividly colored, but in the wild adults become dull and grayish-black; captive-bred individuals can retain their bright coloration.
Northern Australian Snapping Turtle
The Northern Australian Snapping Turtle (Elseya dentata) is active from April to October, foraging along the bottoms of waterways in warm months. If its habitat dries up, it migrates over land to permanent water or burrows into mud to estivate; remarkably terrestrial, many are killed crossing roads.