Can I have some info on the legalities of this turtle? I live in PA. I have the oportunity to purchase a few but I dont understand what i am reading about them???
Fly river turtle
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Any FRT under 10" is grey area Illegal. No person or Institution is breeding them and USFW knows that. That means all the hatchlings or smaller animals you see were hatched/smuggled from PNG, laundered in Indo and Japan, then smuggled into the US. I've been offered "Zoo" bred FRTs in the past, and I'm still waiting on paperwork...........USFW won't confiscate from an end-user, or someone selling just one. If you're selling more than one, you're just plain stupid and risk any collection or animals you have being confiscated.............
Ok so now my next question then is how many other aquatic freshwater turtles look like a fly river? Are there things to look for to properly ID one of these? Maybe what I am buying is something else similar to a frt?
None really resemble any other turt except for soft-shells.beantickler;3490783; said:
And I mean the resemblance in the snout-nose and having soft shells.
Other than that, they look more like sea-turtles to me than anything.
The front limbs mostly.
Thank you guys! All have been a great help and answered my questions... I think this one sums it up for me tho... Price must not change much from country to country on these...Cheetah;3491126; said: