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Northern Black-humped Map Turtle
The Northern Black-humped Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda) is a relatively common map turtle seen in markets worldwide. Affordable, easy to keep, and odd-looking, it is popular — the black hump-like knobs on the front vertebral scutes are its unmistakable mark.
Desert Tortoise
The Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a hardy, large land tortoise from the dry southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Plain-looking with faint carapace markings, it is a protected and trade-restricted species and is challenging to keep outside its arid native range.
Flattened Musk Turtle
The Flattened Musk Turtle (Sternotherus depressus) is a small, critically imperiled musk turtle endemic to the Black Warrior River system in Alabama, USA. With a distinctly flattened shell and a shy, nocturnal nature, it is prized by keepers but almost never captive-bred, and habitat loss has left only about 15% of healthy populations.
Pan’s Box Turtle
Pan's Box Turtle (Cuora pani) is a small, China-endemic box turtle and a Class II nationally protected species. Rare in the wild and in trade — individual animals can fetch tens of thousands of yuan — it is a prized but legally restricted species that should only be kept where explicitly permitted.
Bog Turtle
The Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) is one of the smallest turtles in the world and among the most endangered. A secretive, semi-aquatic emydid of the northeastern United States, it spends much of its life buried in wetland mud and is strictly protected across its entire range.
Ringed Map Turtle
The Ringed Map Turtle (Graptemys oculifera) is a map turtle with ringed scute patterns, endemic to the Pearl River of Mississippi and Louisiana, USA. Nervous in temperament, pricey, and tolerant of deep water.
Red-headed Side-necked Turtle
The red-headed side-necked turtle (Platemys platycephala) is a flat-headed South American side-neck from the Amazon and Orinoco basins, with a dark orange-red head. Shy and cold-sensitive, it is best kept much like a box turtle.
Yellow-bellied Slider
The Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) is a common, hardy and inexpensive North American slider with a yellow belly and yellow 'ear' patches. Easy to keep but a messy, fast-eating carnivore-leaning omnivore.
Yellow-blotched Sawback
The Yellow-blotched Sawback (Graptemys flavimaculata) is the most vividly marked map turtle, endemic to Mississippi's Pascagoula River. Strictly protected in the United States and rarely seen in trade, it has no successful captive breeding.
Yellow Mud Turtle
The yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens) is a small, flat, yellow-plastron mud turtle from the central United States and Mexico. Shy and largely aquatic, it is a dedicated carnivore with a long lifespan.