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syilla said:
lake near my house...but the lake is dirty. i wonder how are they now. But sometimes when i'm at the lake....i can find turtles there. :statisfie
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I hope they dont dump toxic waste there.... we dont have Ultraman to save us if your turtles became those "raksaksa" (monsters):skeleton:
 
syilla said:
why don't you post the pictures here. i would love to see them.
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ok. here's a couple more banded geckos. you can see the hemipenes in the one pix - right behind the hind legs.
savannah monitor head shot, showing tongue and one showing the pattern.
i am fortunate to live in an area (southern california) rich in reptiles. i also have 4 native snakes that i found in the desert.
i can only post 3 pix so i'll send the other savannah monitor one separately.
 
here's the other monitor pic plus a head shot of a rosy boa. i have one of these now.
don't want to hijack your turtle thread!
 
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Your monitor looks like the one that has the common name of "Black Tegu" I had a pair of them a long time ago. Vicous critters and love to eat birds.
 
Tania said:
They can catch a bird or you fed to them :?
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They can catch them very easily. However I fed the pair I had things like mice, rats and chunks of beef.

A pet shop that dealt in exotics ordered them for me. I asked them not to open the crate when it came and just call me to come get it. A nosey employee decided to see what they were and opened the box. Darn things got loose and tore into the Bird cages, killed almost all of the parakeets, before I got there to recatch them.
 
monitors' appetities are bottomless pits!! i fed mine mostly mice, but also snake eggs that didn't hatch, as well as stillborn baby snakes. (he really liked these 2 items!)
savannah monitors are pretty mellow, but monitors don't really make the greatest pets - most get way too big and some can be pretty nasty.
there are some small monitors from australia, but all i know about them is that they are expensive.
i had a friend who had a red tegu. i think most of these also get pretty big, don't they woodrow?
 
TurtleSite.com has obtained a complete listing of extinct turtles and tortoises from the IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Red List. After searching their database, the following information has been compiled and provided to you to show which turtles and tortoises around the world have become extinct. Scientific Name

Common Name(s)
Aspideretes nigricans BLACK SOFT-SHELL TURTLE
Cuora yunnanensis YUNNAN BOX TURTLE
Pelusios seychellensis SEYCHELLES BLACK TERRAPIN
SEYCHELLES MUD TURTLE
SEYCHELLES TERRAPIN
 
snakelegs said:
monitors' appetities are bottomless pits!! i fed mine mostly mice, but also snake eggs that didn't hatch, as well as stillborn baby snakes. (he really liked these 2 items!)
savannah monitors are pretty mellow, but monitors don't really make the greatest pets - most get way too big and some can be pretty nasty.
there are some small monitors from australia, but all i know about them is that they are expensive.
i had a friend who had a red tegu. i think most of these also get pretty big, don't they woodrow?
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the two I had got to be nearly 4 feet long counting the tail. the tail was also dangerous they could use it like a whip and it did hurt. the bite was real nasty. I only kept them about 2 years and then gave them to a Zoo. I would have kept them longer, but I was more interested in Boas and pythons and they were not compatable.

At the time I got them they cost me $100 each. That was in the 1970s But salaries were much lower then and that was about 2 weeks pay for me.
 
syilla said:
TurtleSite.com has obtained a complete listing of extinct turtles and tortoises from the IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Red List. After searching their database, the following information has been compiled and provided to you to show which turtles and tortoises around the world have become extinct. Scientific Name

Common Name(s)
Aspideretes nigricans BLACK SOFT-SHELL TURTLE
Cuora yunnanensis YUNNAN BOX TURTLE
Pelusios seychellensis SEYCHELLES BLACK TERRAPIN
SEYCHELLES MUD TURTLE
SEYCHELLES TERRAPIN
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Sadly the list keeps growing. Creatures that are capable of living for over 100 years and have remained unchanged for millions of years we are now killing off in periods of less than a decade.

I am always saddened at the sight of a dead turtle. something like watching history evaporate.
 
TurtleSite.com has obtained a complete listing of endangered turtles and tortoises from the IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Red List. After searching their database, the following information has been compiled and provided to you to show which turtles and tortoises around the world are endangered, including critically endangered species.

Apalone ater
CUATRO CIENEGAS SOFTSHELL

Batagur baska
BATAGUR
COMMON BATAGUR
FOUR-TOED TERRAPIN
RIVER TERRAPIN
BATAGUR MALAIS
GALÁPAGO BATAGUR

Callagur borneoensis
PAINTED BATAGUR
PAINTED TERRAPIN
SAW-JAWED TURTLE
THREE-STRIPED BATAGUR

Caretta caretta
LOGGERHEAD
CAOUANNE
TORTUE CAOUANNE
CAYUMA
TORTUGA BOBA

Chelodina mccordi
ROTI ISLAND SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE

Chelodina pritchardi
PRITCHARD'S SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE

Chelonia mydas
GREEN TURTLE
TORTUE COMESTIBLE
TORTUE FRANCHE
TORTUE VERTE
TORTUGA BLANCA
TORTUGA VERDE

Chinemys megalocephala
CHINESE BROAD-HEADED POND TURTLE

Chinemys nigricans
CHINESE POND TURTLE
CHINESE THREE-KEELED POND TURTLE
GOLDEN TURTLE
JAPANESE COIN TURTLE

Chitra chitra
STRIPED NARROW-HEADED SOFTSHELL TURTLE

Chitra indica
NARROW-HEADED SOFTSHELL TURTLE

Clemmys muhlenbergii
BOG TURTLE

Cuora aurocapitata
YELLOW-HEADED BOX TURTLE

Cuora flavomarginata
YELLOW-MARGINED BOX TURTLE

Cuora galbinifrons
INDOCHINESE BOX TURTLE

Cuora mccordi
MCCORD'S BOX TURTLE

Cuora pani
PAN'S BOX TURTLE

Cuora trifasciata
CHINESE THREE-STRIPED BOX TURTLE

Cuora zhoui
ZHOU'S BOX TURTLE

Dermatemys mawii
CENTRAL AMERICAN RIVER TURTLE
DERMATEMYDE DE MAWE
TORTUE DE TABASCO
PLANA
TORTUGA BLANCA

Dermochelys coriacea
LEATHERBACK
LEATHERY TURTLE
LUTH
TRUNKBACK TURTLE
TORTUE LUTH
BAULA
CANAL
CARDON
TINGLADA
TINGLAR
TORTUGA LAUD

Elseya bellii
NAMOI RIVER SNAPPING TURTLE

Elusor macrurus
MARY RIVER TURTLE

to be continue...

There are alot more actually imsad and i will post it later.
 
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Woodrow said:
the two I had got to be nearly 4 feet long counting the tail. the tail was also dangerous they could use it like a whip and it did hurt. the bite was real nasty. I only kept them about 2 years and then gave them to a Zoo. I would have kept them longer, but I was more interested in Boas and pythons and they were not compatable.

At the time I got them they cost me $100 each. That was in the 1970s But salaries were much lower then and that was about 2 weeks pay for me.
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monitors do that thing with the tail also. sounds like neither ones are good pet material for the average person. well (ahem!) boas and pythons are ever so much more interesting - of course!)
back to turtles (my experience with these is much less than with snakes and lizards), i never saw so many turtles (desert box turtles) running around at one time in my life as i saw in the big bend area of texas!
i find box turtles much harder to keep because it's hard to provide the right nutritional balance with vegetarians. i had a baby box turtle once and he preferred snails and worms - it was very hard to get him to eat veggies. the young ones do eat meat.
 
it was very hard to get him to eat veggies. the young ones do eat meat.
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True it is almost like fruits become an acquired taste for them Oddly they are one of the few creatures that will eat slugs and they seem to love them no matter how old they get.
 
syilla said:
TurtleSite.com has obtained a complete listing of endangered turtles and tortoises from the IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Red List. After searching their database, the following information has been compiled and provided to you to show which turtles and tortoises around the world are endangered, including critically endangered species.

Apalone ater
CUATRO CIENEGAS SOFTSHELL

Batagur baska
BATAGUR
COMMON BATAGUR
FOUR-TOED TERRAPIN
RIVER TERRAPIN
BATAGUR MALAIS
GALÁPAGO BATAGUR

Callagur borneoensis
PAINTED BATAGUR
PAINTED TERRAPIN
SAW-JAWED TURTLE
THREE-STRIPED BATAGUR

Caretta caretta
LOGGERHEAD
CAOUANNE
TORTUE CAOUANNE
CAYUMA
TORTUGA BOBA

Chelodina mccordi
ROTI ISLAND SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE

Chelodina pritchardi
PRITCHARD'S SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE

Chelonia mydas
GREEN TURTLE
TORTUE COMESTIBLE
TORTUE FRANCHE
TORTUE VERTE
TORTUGA BLANCA
TORTUGA VERDE

Chinemys megalocephala
CHINESE BROAD-HEADED POND TURTLE

Chinemys nigricans
CHINESE POND TURTLE
CHINESE THREE-KEELED POND TURTLE
GOLDEN TURTLE
JAPANESE COIN TURTLE

Chitra chitra
STRIPED NARROW-HEADED SOFTSHELL TURTLE

Chitra indica
NARROW-HEADED SOFTSHELL TURTLE

Clemmys muhlenbergii
BOG TURTLE

Cuora aurocapitata
YELLOW-HEADED BOX TURTLE

Cuora flavomarginata
YELLOW-MARGINED BOX TURTLE

Cuora galbinifrons
INDOCHINESE BOX TURTLE

Cuora mccordi
MCCORD'S BOX TURTLE

Cuora pani
PAN'S BOX TURTLE

Cuora trifasciata
CHINESE THREE-STRIPED BOX TURTLE

Cuora zhoui
ZHOU'S BOX TURTLE

Dermatemys mawii
CENTRAL AMERICAN RIVER TURTLE
DERMATEMYDE DE MAWE
TORTUE DE TABASCO
PLANA
TORTUGA BLANCA

Dermochelys coriacea
LEATHERBACK
LEATHERY TURTLE
LUTH
TRUNKBACK TURTLE
TORTUE LUTH
BAULA
CANAL
CARDON
TINGLADA
TINGLAR
TORTUGA LAUD

Elseya bellii
NAMOI RIVER SNAPPING TURTLE

Elusor macrurus
MARY RIVER TURTLE

to be continue...

There are alot more actually imsad and i will post it later.
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How many of those species listed living in Malaysia?

It's saddened me to see some Malaysians eating turtles/tortoises/terrapins for medical purposes - especially APHRODISIAC ... yucks .... :enough!:
 
:salamext: to the muslims and good day to the non muslims

sorry....i'm not in the mood to post anything in this thread. coz my turtle has died imsad

anyway...there is one current news...that make me so angry and i would like to share with you.

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70 turtles seized from vessels
27 Mar 2007


KOTA KINABALU: More than 70 turtles, including six live ones, were seized from two Chinese fishing boats in waters near Pulau Mantanani yesterday.

The marine police detained 19 men, all believed to be from Hainan.

In the incident some 110km from here, 15 of them were arrested aboard a 30-metre fishing vessel while four, including two in divers’ suits, were found in a smaller boat.

It is believed the four were trying to flee when they saw police approaching.

Investigations revealed the vessel left Hainan on March 15 and arrived in Malaysian waters four days later.

In May 2004, 12 fishermen, also from Hainan, China, were caught in waters off Kota Belud and 163 turtle carcasses were recovered from their vessel.

All were subsequently jailed for encroachment.

District marine police chief Deputy Superintendent Ro- bert Salisip said the 19 were being investigated for encroachment and possession of protected species.

He said the arrest at 11.20am was made by a team led by Chief Inspector Aris Jambul.

"The vessel sped away when the marine police boat approached. It also tried to ram into the latter twice before it was forced to stop 30 minutes later."

Aris said his men found turtle carcasses, most of which were already preserved with formalin, on board the vessel.

The animals are in high demand in China for medicinal purposes.
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:raging: :raging:

:laugh:
 
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