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Geoffroy’s Side-necked Turtle
The Geoffroy's Side-necked Turtle (Phrynops geoffroanus) is a shy, nocturnal South American side-necked turtle that dislikes basking and prefers dark, vegetated waters. Small and aquatic, it needs a large, clean setup and a varied omnivorous diet.
Bengal Roof Turtle
The Bengal Roof Turtle (also called the Red-crowned Roof Turtle) is a Critically Endangered Asian river turtle famed for the brilliant red, white, and blue courtship colors of mature males. Rare in captivity and heavily protected, it needs pristine filtered water and warm temperatures, and is mainly herbivorous as an adult.
Black Wood Turtle
The Black Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea) is a striking freshwater turtle with a black or dark brown carapace and yellow-edged plastron, native from Honduras south to the Panama Canal. Cold-tolerant and highly adaptable, it can be kept aquatic or terrestrial, though males should be housed separately to avoid fighting.
African Keeled Mud Turtle
The African Keeled Mud Turtle (Pelusios carinatus) is a side-necked turtle from Africa, dark gray to black with a keeled shell and a yellow plastron. A gentle, hardy semi-aquatic species that adapts well to captivity and makes a good, if uncommon, community turtle.
Pink-ringed Tent Turtle
The Pink-ringed Tent Turtle (Pangshura tentoria) is a striking high-domed turtle with pink cheeks and a pink ring around its carapace, but it is delicate, with hatchling mortality often above 80%, mostly from skin rot. Best suited to experienced keepers who can provide stable temperatures and a basking area.
Fitzroy River Turtle
The Fitzroy River Turtle (Rheodytes leukops) is an Australian river turtle famous for 'breathing through its bottom'—it draws oxygen via cloacal sacs, letting it stay submerged far longer than most turtles. A bottom-dweller of flowing, gravelly waters, it is sensitive to poor water quality and warm temperatures.
Philippen’s Stripe-necked Turtle
Philippen's Stripe-necked Turtle (Ocadia philippeni) is a large striped-neck turtle endemic to Hainan, China, resembling the Chinese stripe-necked turtle but with a larger carapace. Sensitive to temperature swings, it is omnivorous and fairly easy to keep, though wild individuals are scarce and often mislabeled as the Chinese stripe-necked turtle.
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.
Mud Turtle
The Mud Turtle is not a single species but a group of turtles sharing common traits in body structure or distribution, classified under one family. The family Kinosternidae includes the mud turtles and musk turtles.
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.