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shells-n-scales
04-07-2009, 12:29 AM
Check out the new acquisitions... They are legal and legit before anyone asks. I will post more as the project progresses. This is what knowning the right people, and making good impressions get you!
What am I?
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq72/shellsnscales/Balls/Turtles/IMG_6557.jpg
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq72/shellsnscales/Balls/Turtles/IMG_6558.jpg
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq72/shellsnscales/Balls/Turtles/IMG_6559.jpg
Fishes33
04-07-2009, 12:31 AM
The bottom pic
big head turtle?
paul112
04-07-2009, 4:30 AM
Black Marsh Terrapin, Siebenrockiella crassicollis.
Chinese Bighead Turtle, Platysternon megacephalum.
Whether I'm right or wrong, those are some nice looking turtles :) Congrats!
Paul
paintboi101
04-07-2009, 4:52 AM
the bottom pic looks like a alligator snapping turtle
Chris Anderson
04-07-2009, 8:35 AM
The turtles in the bottom I can't tell from the photo but the top two photos look like Bog Turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii)...
BreellaBlue87
04-07-2009, 8:48 AM
I'd actually peg the bottom as a Common Snapper.
First is a male bog turtle (dont fell like remenbaring the name and already has been posted:D) and the bottom are a cople of big head turtles Platysternon megacephalum;) Thouse are very nice and rare aquisions. Make shure you put thouse both to breed, the world needs more babys of both, they are too rare to be kept as pets
RARE AFISHINADO
04-07-2009, 7:48 PM
Bog Turtles are CITES I endangered species. You dont have to know big shots or make good impressions all you have to do is live in a state where a legal breeder exists and purchase one. I assume TX has a liscensed class 1 bog breeder because if that turtle is from FL and you shipped it to TX its a violation etc..I dont see the point of having a male without a female around. Its an Endangered species you have a responsibility to breed it if your going to own one.
Congrats on an awesome very rare turtle.
wild caught
04-08-2009, 3:10 PM
whered you get megacephalum!!! ??? WOO!!!!
varanio
04-08-2009, 3:38 PM
Bog Turtles are CITES I endangered species. You dont have to know big shots or make good impressions all you have to do is live in a state where a legal breeder exists and purchase one. I assume TX has a liscensed class 1 bog breeder because if that turtle is from FL and you shipped it to TX its a violation etc..I dont see the point of having a male without a female around. Its an Endangered species you have a responsibility to breed it if your going to own one.
Congrats on an awesome very rare turtle.
Valid points I have seen the same happen with Varanus Griseus
Vicious_Fish
04-08-2009, 4:02 PM
Awesome turtles! I'd love to have a Bog but like mentioned I can't keep them here (it's a native). I have had the pleasure though of seeing these guys in the wild. There is a reserve for them near where I live. I was lucky enough to help out with a census count of this species one summer.
shells-n-scales
06-25-2009, 3:15 AM
Nice... here is a little Captive Born and Bred baby.
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq72/shellsnscales/IMG_7661.jpg
Vicious_Fish
06-25-2009, 11:47 AM
Very cool! I sure wish I could keep that species.