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Florida Red-bellied Cooter
The Florida Red-bellied Cooter (Pseudemys nelsoni) is a brightly marked freshwater turtle from Florida and Georgia, popular with keepers who want a colorful alternative to the Red-eared Slider. Hardy and easy to care for, it thrives under slider-like conditions with good water quality and a basking spot.
Gumprecht’s Green Pit Viper
Gumprecht's green pit viper (Viridovipera gumprechti), described in 2002, is a large, vividly green arboreal pit viper of Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Yunnan reaching 130 cm. Sexually dimorphic and venomous, it feeds on small mammals, birds and lizards.
Tuatara
The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) is one of the oldest surviving reptiles, a nocturnal inhabitant of the rocky coastlines and seabird burrows of New Zealand's offshore islands. It predates the dinosaurs and is the sole surviving member of the order Rhynchocephalia.
Fox Snake
The fox snake (Pantherophis vulpinus) is a North American colubrid named for the fox-like musk its glands release when disturbed. A harmless, non-venomous constrictor found near the Great Lakes, it is an uncommon and somewhat specialist pet.
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.
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.
Acanthochelys radiolata (Brazilian Radiolated Swamp Turtle)
The Brazilian radiolated spiny-necked turtle is a rare Brazilian species in the genus Acanthochelys, named for the radiating pattern on its carapace. It is difficult to keep and seldom seen in captivity.
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a large marine turtle found in the warm temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Historically overharvested for its meat and eggs, it is now listed as a protected species under international and Chinese law.
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