south americian giant river turtles

[Horiyoshi III]

Cool turt.

 

[Oddball]

Big species. Check the spelling for google searches: Podocnemis sp.

 

[johnptc]

Big species. Check the spelling for google searches: Podocnemis sp.

Podocnemis expansa

 

[Fishes33]

Podocemis expansa I think. People eat them down there I think, and yes they get huge. I think there's a Podocemis species that's available in the trade but not sure. Cool turtles though.

I never tasted a turtle before, but I heard they taste like chicken? true?

 

[varanio]

there were two for sale on KingSnake.com not too long ago, but they are CA sales only due to ESA permits and what not. They were about 450 each very good looking turtle. It was a So Cal ad

 

[johnptc]

I never tasted a turtle before, but I heard they taste like chicken? true?

the shell is crunchy

 

[johnptc]

there were two for sale on KingSnake.com not too long ago, but they are CA sales only due to ESA permits and what not. They were about 450 each very good looking turtle. It was a So Cal ad

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[Opiate]

awesome lookin turt!

 

[cobra blitz]

there were two for sale on KingSnake.com not too long ago, but they are CA sales only due to ESA permits and what not. They were about 450 each very good looking turtle. It was a So Cal ad

I actually ended up purchasing those turtles. My friend bred them.

There are six species of Podocnemis. Only P. unifilis and P. erythrocephala are available from time to time with P. vogli available once in while. The only endangered Podocs are P. expansa and P. unifilis.


Joel

 

[Miguel]

I have sen them in the Amazon. They are not fully aquatic.