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Beal’s Eyed Turtle
A rare, China-endemic, largely vegetarian water turtle with four 'eye-spots' on its head - sensitive to water quality and of conservation concern.
Asian Giant Turtle
Asia's largest hard-shelled semi-aquatic turtle - a temple favourite, long-lived, and of conservation concern across Southeast Asia.
Yunnan Box Turtle
A Chinese endemic box turtle once thought extinct and now among the rarest, most expensive turtles - effectively not a legal pet trade animal.
Spotted Turtle
A tiny, starry-spotted North American gem - one of the smallest turtles, beautiful, and of real conservation concern (pricey and declining).
River Cooter (Donut Turtle)
A large, colourful, easy-going North American pond turtle - hardy, active, and a good aquarium-kept water turtle, though hybrids blur the subspecies.
Malaysian Giant Turtle
One of the largest freshwater turtles in Asia and among the most endangered - a riverine giant whose wild future hangs by a thread.
Green Sea Turtle
The classic sea turtle of tropical seas and a conservation success story in progress - a protected, ocean-going species that belongs in the wild.
Striped-neck Musk Turtle
A small, secretive musk turtle from the southeastern United States with pale neck stripes and a musky defence - compact and personable.
Asian Yellow Pond Turtle
A long-lived, attractive pond turtle from southern China and Vietnam, once abundant and now increasingly captive-bred for the pet and food trade.
Flame Turtle
A flame-pattern morph popular in the pet trade - in practice a richly marked red-eared slider or painted-turtle lineage rather than a separate species.