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Japanese Butterflyfish
The Japanese butterflyfish (Chaetodon nippon), a small and comparatively easy butterflyfish marked by a crescent-shaped black blotch on the rear of its body. A temperate species happiest below 26°C, omnivorous and suited to a reef-style aquarium of at least 190 L.
Oriental Garden Lizard (Changeable Lizard)
The 'horse-mane' agamid of southern China - a small, hardy, common lizard that changes colour and drops its tail when grabbed.
Two-headed Snake (Red-tailed Short Snake)
A tiny, blunt-tailed colubrid whose tail mimics its head so both ends look alike - non-venomous and protected in China, so rarely kept.
Indian Bullfrog (Tiger Frog)
The stout 'frog of Asia' with tiger-like markings - a China Grade II protected amphibian. Private keeping is illegal; profile is for farmers and breeders.
Marine Iguana
The only lizard that forages in the sea - Galapagos endemic, black and salt-crusted, drinking seawater and eating marine algae. A cold-water specialist, not a typical pet.
Black Mamba
Africa's 'death serpent' - one of the fastest, most venomous snakes on Earth (neurotoxic). This profile is educational only; it is not and must never be a pet.
Oriental Rat Snake (Common Rat Snake)
A large, non-venomous rat snake of southern China and wider Asia - swift and aggressive when threatened; not for the unprepared.
Florida Snapping Turtle
The most heavily-spined of the four Chelydra subspecies - a fierce, heat-loving carnivore from Florida and Georgia. Adults are aggressive; a meat or farm turtle more than a pet.
Radiated Tortoise
One of the most beautiful star-patterned tortoises - a Madagascan CITES I species that is common in captivity yet wild-endangered. 'The rich man's sulcata'; hardy if set up right.
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
A beautiful but fierce sea turtle hunted for its 'tortoiseshell' shell for centuries - now critically endangered and rare in Chinese waters. Profile is educational only; not a pet.