Wee little bellianas

[tortadise]

Love me some hingies. These guys are doing great.

 

[luvpetz27]

Adorable!!!

 

[FLINTUS]

Nice. So they're not nogueyi then?

 

[tortadise]

Yeah they are. K.belliana nogueyi. Not sure if they are considered kinixys nogueyi quite yet. Kinixys seems to be lacking in updating information. At least from what I have finding different blood lines for these future guys may tend to be difficult.

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

Yeah they are. K.belliana nogueyi. Not sure if they are considered kinixys nogueyi quite yet. Kinixys seems to be lacking in updating information. At least from what I have finding different blood lines for these future guys may tend to be difficult.

Are you sure those aren't three toes boxe turtles ahahahhahahahah

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-61657.html
for that recent work.

Will

 

[tortadise]

LOL. Yah know they just might be russians actually.

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

If in your busy day, you can squeeze in a moment to grab an image with those wee little elephantine rear feet that would be mega cool. Just saying. Good job on the propagation. Will

 

[FLINTUS]

As said above nogueyi were elevated to a full subspecies earlier this year I think. So you can't find them over in the states then? They are commonish here, the other day there were some(supposedly) CB nogueyi for £79, same kind of price as a Horsfield.

 

[tortadise]

Very nice will. The most recent I was reading is rather dated a little. Starting at page 55 it goes into Kinixys species. http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/ssc-op-005.pdf

Your sited phylogeny article is much more accurate and recent though. Its time to get reading.
I will have a photo coming. Last I recall they have 4 claws on the forelimb.

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

Hi Flintus,

USFWS may not have gotten that memo, so all belliana 'type' hingebacks may not come flooding in here as it was not a conservation driven prohibition, belliana are not "threatened" in the legal conservation sense, but held liable for the ticks they carry.

Will

 

[tortadise]

4 front and 4 rear. Its a boxie lol

 

[FLINTUS]

So how old are they then? Musn't be really young as no egg sack.

 

[tortadise]

3-4 months old.

 

[FLINTUS]

And sizes?
Oh yes, have another question actually. Are these guys fighting? Mick has found that young nogueyi can get very nasty, biting off legs etc. so just interested.

 

[tortadise]

Not yet. But they both do take their own corners. The small one is 2 1/2" and the larger one is 2 3/4" or so. Both in a 40 gallon. So good amount of room. In another few months they will get separated. Little hing backs usually grow very fast.

 

[Weldd]

I've been keeping all of my baby nogueyi together and haven't seen any aggression. They get along just fine...

 

[FLINTUS]

Interesting, Mick has had to separate his guys. They only seem to calm down at 8 months apparently.