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FYI Zombensis and belliana are often miss-identified, thought I would share a body-body comparison. K. belliana origin: Uganda K. zombensis origin: Tanzania

Here are my 2.0 Melanochelys tricarinata (Tricarinate hill turtle), these are long term captives that prove very hard to find, still on the lookout for a female. These turtles remind me of geomyda spengleri as they have the same behaviour when it comes to watching over their enclosure and...

Little update on my zombensis, the two males have been mounting the females only when it rains which is almost daily now. It is interesting to see that they will only go through sexual intercourse when rain is present, must be their wild stimulus to breed. Really glad that they acclimated...

I wanted to share pictures of a long term wild caught hingeback tortoise originating from Uganda. This specimen is very different from most bells hingeback tortoises I see out there because of it's color and size, this adult is rather large compared to the other bells out there, interesting to...

I have newly acquired the last ever hingeback tortoises to enter thailand as the government of thailand has finally banned the importation of any african wild caught species or any WC tortoises from other country. The only reason i bought it is because the seller had no idea how to keep them or...

As some of us have heard the TSA and some Chinese zoologist have tried to artificialy inseminate the female Yangtze sotfshel turtle with the sperm of the male. I was optimistic for this as the sperm count was higher then usual and the insemination was done by surgery. Here is the latest update...

So on my holidays i am privileged enough to work at a marine sea turtle conservancy sanctuary in Phuket. To start off the sanctuary works with green sea turtles except for the rescue area. So today was my first day working, the sanctuary has over 400 sea turtles at the moment as they releases...

So I just realized this today when I was feeding my pancakes that one of them had a kind of lump around his neck and it's slightly red. I have never seen this before and I am worried, anybody here knows what it is? Do I have to separate him from the group? Do I have to go see a vet or does it...

Here I've got 3 different grasses or whatever they are I ve never seen these before in Thailand and I want to make another tortoise pen there but I don't know if those things are toxic or not. And yes I have searched for these on the online tortoise plant identification web!! Please help...

As we all know a lot of things are said about Thailand and their illegal pet trade, most of it is true. What they don't talk about is the improvement in the captive bred programs. This season is the hatching season for the indian star tortoises in captivity in Thailand and they are overflowing...

Hey I already have 3 adult red foot tortoises and i'm looking to expand, another breeder in thailand offered me a breeding pair for 1,000 US dollars they are adults and are proven breeders and captive bred. What do you guys think of the price is it overpriced or should i jump in and buy them...

Hey, I just wanted to post my pancake tortoise hatchling enclosure, i've got 2 similar enclosures around my garden that look the same. After the pancake tortoise eggs hatch in the ground or sometimes we collect some and put them in the incubator. We put them in these enclosures, the enclosure is...

I live in Thailand and right now and I have 5 burmese star tortoises, 2 radiated tortoises and all my other tortoises, I want to keep a watch on them when i go on my summer holidays to Canada like I do every summer. There is a vet that takes care of all my tortoises when i'm gone (he comes...

I live in Thailand, and in my village there are about six yellow headed temple turtles. The stupid owner of the village decided to get rid of the pond and build a condo instead. The pond is really big and contains water monitors and all kinds of different fish. Lately people have been throwing...

I live in Thailand so the climate is perfect for these tortoises. I would like to know the size needed for there new enclosure. I am planning on buying 5. The ratio is 1:4 male to female. I will buy them as adult size so they can be ready to breed. I have read that you need a rather big...

Hey A tortoise dealer offered me 3, 5 inch burmese star tortoise for 2,000 USD they are all males and are captive bred. I would like to know if it is a good deal or should I avoid this because it is too expensive? I also live in Thailand and I am pretty new to this forum so I hoped i got the...

Hey, I am new to this forum. I live in Thailand and I have more than 200 pancake tortoises, they mostly came as rescues caught from the smuggling of the illegal wildlife trade in Thailand. I have got great success breeding them in captivity, I don't even have to incubate the eggs! Anyways, i...