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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.
Texas Map Turtle
The Texas Map Turtle lives in the Colorado River basin of the Edwards Plateau in Texas and is a relatively common map turtle, though priced higher; it resembles the Mississippi Map Turtle and is sometimes hard to tell apart. It is the smallest-shelled of all map turtles, with no prominent keel.
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.
Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle
The Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle inhabits small coastal rivers, wetlands, or swamps, is strongly aquatic, and can bury into bottom mud. It is fully aquatic, even hibernating and mating in water, with females coming ashore only to lay eggs.
Northern Ornate Box Turtle
The Northern Ornate Box Turtle is a desert-dwelling box turtle of the genus Terrapene, found in the United States and Mexico. Highly drought-tolerant, it stores water well and endures arid conditions better than other box turtles.
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.
Hydromedusa maximiliani (Brazilian Snake-necked Turtle)
The Brazilian snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa maximiliani) is the smallest Brazilian freshwater turtle, found in cold, fast streams of the Atlantic montane rainforest. It is rare, expensive, and listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding’s Turtle)
Blanding's turtle is a semi-aquatic turtle of the Great Lakes region, gentle and cold-hardy, with a smooth black helmet-shaped shell and a yellow hinged plastron marked with black blotches. It is omnivorous and adapts well to captivity.
Kinosternon acutum (Tabasco Mud Turtle)
The Tabasco mud turtle (Kinosternon acutum) is a medium-sized mud turtle prized for its vivid head striping, found mainly in the Mexican Caribbean lowlands. It is rarer than the narrow-bridged musk turtle and seldom seen on the market.
Graptemys pulchra (Alabama Map Turtle)
The Alabama map turtle resembles the red-eared slider in habits, with head striping and a protruding keel. Named for its map-like yellow markings, it feeds mainly on aquatic clams and snails, crushing shells with its hard jaws.