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Home’s Hinge-back Tortoise
The Home's Hinge-back Tortoise (Kinixys homeana) is a shy, high-difficulty African tortoise known for its hinged rear carapace and a 90-degree rear shell drop. It prefers warm, humid conditions with ample shade and a varied omnivorous diet, but is prone to stress-induced sudden death, so it is not recommended for beginners.
Kinosternon dunni
Kinosternon dunni, the Colombian Mud Turtle, is a semi-aquatic musk-turtle relative from Colombia's streams, mostly herbivorous and similar in looks to the narrow-bridged mud turtle. A prolific breeder, it benefits from a short, safe hibernation and a varied, plant-rich diet.
Florida East Coast Diamondback Terrapin
The Florida East Coast Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) is a dark, subdued brackish-marsh turtle from Florida's Atlantic coast, uncommon in the trade. Unique among turtles, it thrives in brackish water near seawater salinity, so it is best kept in slightly brackish conditions.
Pink-ringed Tent Turtle
The Pink-ringed Tent Turtle (Pangshura tentoria) is a striking high-domed turtle with pink cheeks and a pink ring around its carapace, but it is delicate, with hatchling mortality often above 80%, mostly from skin rot. Best suited to experienced keepers who can provide stable temperatures and a basking area.
Green Anole
The Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) is a small, tree-dwelling lizard from the southeastern United States and Caribbean, famous for changing color between green and brown, earning it the nickname 'American chameleon.' A diurnal, insect-eating pet that is easy to keep in a planted terrarium with heat and UVB.
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.
Mud Turtle
The Mud Turtle is not a single species but a group of turtles sharing common traits in body structure or distribution, classified under one family. The family Kinosternidae includes the mud turtles and musk turtles.
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.
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.
Bell’s/Lowveld Hinge-back Tortoise
Bell's Hinge-back Tortoise (Kinixys belliana) is a relatively common hinge-back tortoise that lives a solitary life in dry habitats. Demanding in its care, it is not recommended for beginner keepers.