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Blood Parrot Cichlid
The blood parrot (a man-made cichlid hybrid, also called the God of Wealth fish) is vivid red and chubby, easy to keep, and sensitive to temperature swings. Keep it at 26–27 °C with red-enhancing pellets.
Red Arowana
The red arowana (Scleropages formosus) is a tropical freshwater dragon fish whose scales develop color in three phases—from yellow, to orange-red, to deep red. It needs a tank over 120 cm, full-spectrum light, and a meat-based diet.
Sonoran mud turtle
The Sonoran mud turtle is an uncommon, nocturnal musk turtle from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, notable as the only subspecies in its group with night-active habits. A medium-sized aquatic turtle, it adapts well to captive care once settled.
Natal Hinge-back Tortoise
The Natal Hinge-back Tortoise (Kinixys natalensis) is one of six hinge-back tortoises, a small, strikingly patterned herbivore found only in South Africa's Natal province. Scarce and specialized, it needs a dry semi-desert setup and a high-fiber, low-protein diet.
Phrynops williamsi
Phrynops williamsi, also called the Masked Toadhead Turtle, is a side-necked turtle from South America that loves basking and is semi-aquatic in the wild. Lively and relatively easy to keep, it remains uncommon in captivity and is found mainly as wild-caught individuals.
Furrowed Wood Turtle
The furrowed wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys areolata) is an aquatic, strong-swimming turtle from the Yucatán Peninsula. Omnivorous but plant-leaning in the wild, it is scarce in the pet trade and can be difficult to acquire.
Lobatse Hingeback Tortoise
The Lobatse hingeback tortoise (Kinixys lobatsiana) is a relatively dry-adapted hingeback found in Botswana and South Africa. Though its range has two distinct rainy seasons, its habitat remains very hot overall, and it is seldom kept due to its rarity and similarity to other hingebacks.
Karoo Cape Tortoise
The Karoo cape tortoise (Homopus femoralis) is the largest member of the padloper group, native to the high plateaus of South Africa's Karoo region. Unusually cold-tolerant for a tortoise, it is the only padloper known to undergo winter dormancy.
African Keeled Mud Turtle
The African Keeled Mud Turtle (Pelusios carinatus) is a side-necked turtle from Africa, dark gray to black with a keeled shell and a yellow plastron. A gentle, hardy semi-aquatic species that adapts well to captivity and makes a good, if uncommon, community turtle.
Red-eared Slider
The world's most popular pet turtle and, outside its native range, one of the most damaging invasive species - hardy, personable, but a serious ecological responsibility.