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Geometric tortoise
The Geometric Tortoise (Psammobates geometricus) is a rare, strikingly patterned South African tortoise protected as endangered. Extremely sensitive to humidity and a challenge to keep alive in captivity, it is best appreciated in the wild or by experts.
Haplopelma albostriatum
The Thai Zebra Leg Tarantula (Haplopelma albostriatum) is an inexpensive but aggressive burrowing spider from Thailand. Requiring deep, moist substrate and high humidity, it is best suited to experienced keepers who can respect its defensive temperament.
Black Wood Turtle
The Black Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea) is a striking freshwater turtle with a black or dark brown carapace and yellow-edged plastron, native from Honduras south to the Panama Canal. Cold-tolerant and highly adaptable, it can be kept aquatic or terrestrial, though males should be housed separately to avoid fighting.
Gopher Tortoise
The Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a burrowing land turtle of the southeastern United States, strictly herbivorous and protected by law due to its small wild population. Famous for digging deep burrows (11–15 m), it needs a dry, sandy outdoor enclosure with plenty of sunny space.
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.
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.
Texas Tortoise
The Texas tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri) is the smallest of the gopher tortoises, native to southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Adapted to arid deserts, it feeds mainly on high-fiber plants and is considered a challenging species to keep, so it remains uncommon in captivity.
Texas Map Turtle
The Texas Map Turtle lives in the Colorado River basin of the Edwards Plateau in Texas and is a relatively common map turtle, though priced higher; it resembles the Mississippi Map Turtle and is sometimes hard to tell apart. It is the smallest-shelled of all map turtles, with no prominent keel.
East African Black Mud Turtle
The East African Black Mud Turtle is scarce in the wild and thus rarely kept in captivity; in China it is uncommon, though other side-neck species are seen more often, indicating its rarity and need for protection. It eats both plants and animals, living in shallow water and occasionally climbing onto land.
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.