CLAUDIUS ANGUSTATUS

[Miguel]

Seth, Coura, et al, I know where to get them, not cheap, but absolutely awesome.

What say you ??

 

[Jfitz]

lmaoo i love those lil guys! dont no were to get them but their awesome

 

[coura]

Well Miguel if you want to know what I think, I think the price they are being ofered rigth now is a complete and total rip-off, or as we say in our casa home a "roubalheira"The thing is even if this is a great turt to work with(small, virtually bullet pruff, relatively normal care, easy to bred if the female doesant rip the male´s head of that is) I think that there is nothing so special about this turtle or diferent from other mud and musk turts to make them worth so much. If you ask me S. triporcuatus is a much more amazing animal. I mean this turt has no brigth color, specialy strange forms or amazing behaviors. They are not even endangered for peat sake(in that a species being rare generaly makes their price going up, even if this guys have a rater restrictive distribucion on central america). But they are litle mean things no doubt about that. Would I take a free one? You bet Would I pay say 100euro for one? Yup Would I pay 3000 euro for it? No way I simply think that there are many more apealling things that I could buy with much less than half of that moneyIn the end the decission is up to you Miguel, but if you ask me,a 35 euro stink pot Sternotherus odoratus is as or more apealing

 

[Miguel]

The price is 500 Euros, not 3000.

Secondly, they are exactly ( in small ) the type of turtles I want to try to specialize in.

All my info points in the sense that those guys haven't been around for years and years..

I did not say I was going to do it. Just wanted to hear your views on this....

 

[coura]

The price is 500 Euros, not 3000.
Uff I said 3000euro because that is how much they go for on kingsnake I think we both agree that is insane Oh and they start at that price 500 is much more decent for such rare turts but still to expensive for me
Secondly, they are exactly ( in small ) the type of turtles I want to try to specialize in.
With 13 snappers, softshells and matas you are in the rigth way But yes much more easier to keep, fed and clean
All my info points in the sense that those guys haven't been around for years and years..
It´s true
I did not say I was going to do it. Just wanted to hear your views on this....
Well Miguel if that is important for you go ahead and furfill your destinyYoull become one of the handfull of guys that have this critters Dont forget to post some pics on your favorite web site

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Great little turtles Miguel. I saw a wild one when I was in Belize a few years ago. They have some pretty nice colors for being a musk turtle, they kind of remind me of a colorful Loggerhead Musk. But I honestly can say I don't know a great deal about these guys other then the fact they can be kept like Staurotypus Salvinii. I love the fact that they don't get "huge". I think they max out at about 6-7 inches SCL. I have never seen them offered for sale before except on theturtlesource. I think if one was to purchase one, you might as well get a pair (seeing how they're so uncommon) and try your chances at breeding them. But that's just me!

http://www.theturtlesource.com/turtle_inventory.asp?cat=333&id=100200322

 

[coura]

Great little turtles Miguel. I saw a wild one when I was in Belize a few years ago. They have some pretty nice colors for being a musk turtle, they kind of remind me of a colorful Loggerhead Musk. But I honestly can say I don't know a great deal about these guys other then the fact they can be kept like Staurotypus Salvinii. I love the fact that they don't get "huge". I think they max out at about 6-7 inches SCL. I have never seen them offered for sale before except on theturtlesource. I think if one was to purchase one, you might as well get a pair (seeing how they're so uncommon) and try your chances at breeding them. But that's just me!

http://www.theturtlesource.com/turtle_inventory.asp?cat=333&id=100200322

Boy their are starting to be ofered at a lower price than I espected, there is another breeder at kingsnake that from time to time putts ads whit animals much more expensive Still think is to much for a mud turt

 

[Tameyourself]

I keep seeing the ad and really want some!!! I don't have room for anymore turtles at the moment

 

[varanio]

Great turtles there is a guy in so cal that specializes in them and will link the rest of the folks here as to when he as some for sale. Coura, people will pay what theyre willing to pay, I paid 3.5 k 5 years ago for a pair of green tree monitors now they are a fraction of that price, its all a matter of personal preference.

 

[ivgonmad]

Well Miguel if you want to know what I think, I think the price they are being ofered rigth now is a complete and total rip-off, or as we say in our casa home a "roubalheira"The thing is even if this is a great turt to work with(small, virtually bullet pruff, relatively normal care, easy to bred if the female doesant rip the male´s head of that is) I think that there is nothing so special about this turtle or diferent from other mud and musk turts to make them worth so much. If you ask me S. triporcuatus is a much more amazing animal. I mean this turt has no brigth color, specialy strange forms or amazing behaviors. They are not even endangered for peat sake(in that a species being rare generaly makes their price going up, even if this guys have a rater restrictive distribucion on central america). But they are litle mean things no doubt about that. Would I take a free one? You bet Would I pay say 100euro for one? Yup Would I pay 3000 euro for it? No way I simply think that there are many more apealling things that I could buy with much less than half of that moneyIn the end the decission is up to you Miguel, but if you ask me,a 35 euro stink pot Sternotherus odoratus is as or more apealing

Wow, this thread is full of bad info... Cuora, where did you get all the rubbish you say? These turtles are nothing like a common musk/musk, they are actually very delicate and have very different behavior than any other turtle I have dealt with (LOTS). Also, sexually mature males are the most aggressive not the females. And they are definitely NOT easy to breed...

Tell me these are not beautiful animals >