Noticed this on another forum, so credit goes to "kingnicky" if you're a member here.
Is this common? I know that the Japanese are willing to pay very high prices for American (continent) species. I wish I could read japanese; I have no ability to navigate these websites whatsoever.
Do you think these are smuggled, allowed out through corruption, or is Mexico allowing some exports now?
3 Japanese sites selling amazing looking yucatan box turtles. Very white heads, and they're all similar enough that they are likely from the same area.
http://www.dizzypoint.co.jp/showcase/detail/3004#
http://herpsupply.at.webry.info/201008/index.html
http://www.sauria.info/pb/turtles/detail.php?id=0745886556[hr]
Opened the pages in google chrome, to take advantage of google translate. I used the exchange rate of 77.5 yen/ 1 dollar. The Yucatan adults were $8,387 USD on the dizzypoint site, and are sold out. So they must be infrequently available. Hope they are going to wind up as part of a long-term stable breeding group. The easterns were about $1,800 USD,and florida box turtles were $2,555 USD.
Wow, some Yucatans here sold for $10,322 USD! Pics are not available for this ad though.
http://www.dizzypoint.co.jp/showcase?class_id=020&page=6&sold_flg=0
Is this common? I know that the Japanese are willing to pay very high prices for American (continent) species. I wish I could read japanese; I have no ability to navigate these websites whatsoever.
Do you think these are smuggled, allowed out through corruption, or is Mexico allowing some exports now?
3 Japanese sites selling amazing looking yucatan box turtles. Very white heads, and they're all similar enough that they are likely from the same area.
http://www.dizzypoint.co.jp/showcase/detail/3004#
http://herpsupply.at.webry.info/201008/index.html
http://www.sauria.info/pb/turtles/detail.php?id=0745886556[hr]
Opened the pages in google chrome, to take advantage of google translate. I used the exchange rate of 77.5 yen/ 1 dollar. The Yucatan adults were $8,387 USD on the dizzypoint site, and are sold out. So they must be infrequently available. Hope they are going to wind up as part of a long-term stable breeding group. The easterns were about $1,800 USD,and florida box turtles were $2,555 USD.
Wow, some Yucatans here sold for $10,322 USD! Pics are not available for this ad though.
http://www.dizzypoint.co.jp/showcase?class_id=020&page=6&sold_flg=0
