Search Results
1918 results for “pica”
Mangrove Monitor
The mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus) is a widespread island monitor of the southwestern Pacific, once treated as a single species but now recognized as a complex of at least four related species. An opportunistic carnivore, it is unusual among monitors in being able to catch fish in deeper water.
Yellow Monitor
The yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens) is a moderately large monitor lizard named for its yellowish coloration. Found across the floodplains of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, it favors damp environments and is rarely kept as a pet.
Fire Crest Lizard
The fire crest lizard is a typical arboreal lizard found in the moist forests near waterways of Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia). A carnivorous, insect-eating species, males are large, brilliantly colored, and aggressive, and are best kept singly.
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.
Eastern Chicken Turtle
The Eastern Chicken Turtle is uncommon in China, as its plain appearance is not popular, and as a tropical species it is rare in cold regions.
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.
Chaco Side-necked Turtle
The Chaco Side-necked Turtle is a turtle of the genus Acanthochelys, first found in Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Because side-necked turtles are taxonomically complex, identifying species by appearance alone is difficult, and the Chaco Side-necked Turtle is neither widespread nor commonly seen in the market.
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.
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.
Speckled Cape Tortoise
Like most wild tortoises, the Speckled Cape Tortoise lives sheltered among rocks, but it is unusual in that it enters a dormant state during both excessively hot and excessively cold seasons until conditions become favorable.