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jojodesca

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i dont know what type of turtles these are...but my husbands cousin posted this pic and i can't tell him what kind...the shells look too flat to be box turtles (i think) but they could be water species...please help if you have any ideas
 

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They are part of the Asian Pond Turtle family. I think they may be an Asian box turtle or maybe one of the neotropical wood turtles. I can't think of the family or genera names I'm having a moment. Any way you may want to check with some one more familiar with that family.
 

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They may be flavs ... Chinese Box Turtles ... but I'm not sure. They are definitely not North American box turtles.
 

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They are part of the family Geoemydidae and one of the genera if they are Asian box turtles: Cuora,or Cistoclemmys. I think they may be yellow striped box turtles but I could be wrong.
 

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I think it's a "Cuora", but i have a doubt on the subspecie.
 
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