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I just acquired these turtles from a vendor out in Las Vegas via phone order. I saw their ad on kingsnake classifies.

they have label them as European Pond Turtles “Iberian locality”.
But regardless of the photo of being blurry...my hunch they look like Mauremys Leprosa-Spanish Pond Turtles.

They should come by Friday. So I’ll take some clearer photos. But I can’t wait to see new addition to my outdoor pond.
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I don’t think these are not European Pond Turtles...these look more like Mauremys leprosa to me. Which is fine. They are more beautiful in person. They definitely love their outdoor pond. Probably enjoy it much more than what they were kept in the pet store and far better than being shipped.
The largest one was entangled in the thread of the sac. Kinda scared me as I had to carefully pull ut of it back feet and neck area. o_Oo_Oo_O
Here is the largest size:
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below is the smallest one...appears to be a male...definitely... I hope the larger one look like it is a female. It kinda hard to tell.
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Oh, wow. Wow, oh, wow!

I saw the listing -- glad they have arrived at Shambala! lol
Their definitely not Emys Orbicularis like advertise. But this is way even better since Mauremys leprosa are rarely offer in the pet trade!
 

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I took a long hard look at them, but water management is really not my favorite. lol

Best of luck!
I always feel like if people here can keep tortoise successfully, they can keep aquatic turtles! lol
I had a tortoise, but I rehome the little one many years ago.
 
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