Just before thanksgiving a shipment from Democratic republic of Congo arrived in Florida for a scheduled importer. The shipment had been flagged as these specimens were smuggled across the border of Congo into the democratic republic of Congo. So naturally the shipment was confiscated. We were contacted by a partner zoo of us and decided to take these in. The holidays set them back a ways do they didn't get shipped to us útil the 1st week of December. 25 animals in total were received. We have lost only a single individual. Which is sad yes, but pretty good for this species as mortality is quite high.
So all of these are kinixys Erosa.
Many of them have tether holes in the shell in numerous places. Beautiful tortoises. They have all been placed into the studbook registry, hoping to show some captive breeding and success with this species.
We do plan on sending some of these to our west African colluege for captive breeding as well. Just need to get past some initial acclimation first.
So all of these are kinixys Erosa.
Many of them have tether holes in the shell in numerous places. Beautiful tortoises. They have all been placed into the studbook registry, hoping to show some captive breeding and success with this species.
We do plan on sending some of these to our west African colluege for captive breeding as well. Just need to get past some initial acclimation first.