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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.
Greater Green Snake
A gentle, 'introverted' green snake of southern China that flees rather than bites - often wrongly killed as a pit viper. Non-venomous; listed under wildlife protection.
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.
Large-headed Turtle
A Chinese-endemic 'big-head' turtle that looks like a Reeves' but with a huge triangular head it cannot retract - a threatened, somewhat delicate water turtle.
Map Turtle
A variable, attractive North American water turtle with a raised midline keel and fine 'map' line-markings. Sensitive to poor water quality - keep the tank clean. The common pet forms are the Mississippi and false map turtles.
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.
White-lipped Mud Turtle
A strikingly pretty mud-turtle relative - the 'mango-head' morph can flush yellow onto limbs and shell. Friendly and mid-priced, but it cannot brumate and must be kept heated year-round.
Pancake Tortoise
A flat, flexible, rock-crevice tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri) that flees instead of hiding - a fast, escape-prone, CITES II conservation concern.
Annam Turtle
A Vietnamese endemic box-turtle lookalike (Mauremys annamensis) - rare, expensive, and a Vietnam first-class protected species; trade is effectively off-limits.