Recent content by justturtles

Hi Juli11 I was reading some of your postings. It appears you may know someone that has some of the harder to find Cuora species. I live in the U. S. I am hoping to be able to export Box and Wood turtles starting this summer. I have a road block right now to deal with because Box and Wood...

Makes sense Will. I just feel there are greater forces at play here. Like with Florida's being included as native to Alabama now. Now Alabama could say they find so few that they need to be placed on the endangered species list. Then with Alabama pushing Florida Box turtles for endangered status...

Yes Will. I have seen the document you provided the link to. Thank you for sharing that with us! I think it was published in June 2014. In Dec. 2015 I purchased a newly released book that was published sometime during 2015. It is named "Turtles of Alabama" by Craig Guyer, Mark A. Baily, and...

Does anyone know if its official that T. c. mexicana and T. c. yucatana have been reclassified? I have heard that they are now T. m. mexicana and T. m. yucatana. I believe the T. c. triangulus has been included in the Mexicana species as well now. I have also heard that the Florida Box turtle T...

I have houses in Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. I ran into the same problem in Alabama. AL. Fish & Game came up with a regulation prohibiting an individual from possessing more than 1 Box turtle of the genus Terrapene except by permit. They do not want to give permits either. All turtles...

I frequently see Desert Box turtles "Luteola" and Ornate Box turtles "Ornata" openly for sale in Florida. I have seen them for sale on websites, by individuals, and at expos. Here is a paragraph directly from Florida's Nongame Wildlife Regulations: Turtles: Freshwater turtles taken from the wild...

I agree with you diamondbp. Once you see a male Mexican you can easily tell them apart from a 3 Toed. The female Mexicans on the other hand can be a little harder to differentiate from a 3 Toed. One for sure give away is the size of the adults. Mexicans get to be almost as large as a Gulf Coast...

It is difficult for me to look at a photo and make a determination. But looking at the photo of the Carapace and the photo of the Plastron it looks Gulf Coast. Looking at the head shot photo it looks like a Eastern Box turtle to me. I could see the number of growth rings on the Plastron and with...

Sorry turtlemanfla88. Looks like I violated some forum etiquette. I mean no harm in posting pictures on your thread. This was my first posting, and I still have some obvious learning to do before I do any regular posting here. I will remove the pictures if someone can instruct me on how to do it.

Mexican Box turtles are very similar, in appearance, to Three Toed Box turtles. Adult Mexican Box turtles are considerably larger than Three Toeds. The coloration on the male Mexican Box turtles head and legs is like no other Box turtle. Once you work with them you can see the differences...

Lets see if I am successful at uploading some photos. Top photo is an adult female Mexican Box turtle. Second is an adult male Mexican Box turtle. Third is a young adult female Mexican Box turtle. Last is a young female Mexican Box turtle. Enjoy!

Would be happy to show some of my Mexicana pics if someone could guide me through the process of uploading some to this forum. Sorry for being so inexperienced.

I work with a few Mexicana. I would be interested in meeting others that work with them as well. I would be interested in exchanging hatchlings for unrelated genetics.

Just discovered an old photo of a T. c. mexicana you had on this forum. Do you work with them? I am looking for people that do to trade offspring, to increase genetics in my future breeding. Love to hear from you if you work with these. Richard [email protected]

Hi guille24, I was searching on this forum and reading through a string of posts. I saw several postings by you. It was unclear if you actually have Mexican Box turtles (T. c. mexicana). I'm looking for others that work with them. I'm interested in trading hatchlings to increase the genetics of...