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Pan’s Box Turtle
Pan's Box Turtle (Cuora pani) is a small, China-endemic box turtle and a Class II nationally protected species. Rare in the wild and in trade — individual animals can fetch tens of thousands of yuan — it is a prized but legally restricted species that should only be kept where explicitly permitted.
South American Snapping Turtle
The South American Snapping Turtle (Chelydra acutirostris) is a large, heavily built chelydrid ranging from Honduras and Nicaragua through Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia and Ecuador. Fierce-looking and meaty, it is a popular but challenging pet, and nearly all specimens in trade are wild-caught.
Burmese Black Turtle
The Burmese Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga indopeninsularis) is one of the seven subspecies of the Indian black turtle (three-keeled turtle). Common in Chinese pet markets — almost all sourced from wild capture — it is inexpensive but plain-looking, so it is kept in modest numbers.
Pointed-scaled Pit Viper
The Pointed-scaled Pit Viper (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus), known in Chinese as Yuan Mao Tou Fu and commonly called the turtle-jawed or Taiwanese pit viper, is a venomous snake of the family Viperidae and one of Taiwan's six medically important venomous snakes. It is dangerous and should only be kept by experienced handlers.
Bog Turtle
The Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) is one of the smallest turtles in the world and among the most endangered. A secretive, semi-aquatic emydid of the northeastern United States, it spends much of its life buried in wetland mud and is strictly protected across its entire range.
Mississippi Map Turtle
The Mississippi Map Turtle (Graptemys kohnii) is the most common and cheapest map turtle. Juveniles resemble red-eared sliders and are often sold alongside them, making it a popular beginner water turtle.
Pritchard’s Turtle
Pritchard's turtle (Mauremys pritchardi) is a Geoemydidae turtle found in China and Japan. Its looks blend the Chinese pond turtle and the yellow pond turtle, and some researchers believe it is a natural hybrid — though that is not officially recognised.
Hot-spring Snake
The hot-spring snake (Thermophis baileyi) is a non-venomous colubrid endemic to the high-altitude hot springs of western China. Strongly thermophilic, it dies if exposed to freezing temperatures for long.
Cobalt Blue Tarantula
The Cobalt Blue tarantula (Haplopelma lividum) is a stunning but reclusive, fast and defensive burrowing Old-World tarantula from Myanmar and Thailand. Its famous blue shows only under strong light, and it hides deep in its burrow.
Malayan Horned Frog
The Malayan horned frog (Megophrys nasuta), also called the triangular leaf frog, is a master of leaf-litter mimicry from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. A large, nocturnal amphibian with a huge appetite.