This is my phrynops hillari. She's about a foot long...maybe slightly longer:
Argentine side neck
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Nice looking turtle! In the 1st picture she looks like she is smiling.
Love the first pic, what a cute mug and fantastic smile.
Puts a smile on your face when you look at her. Kinda looks like a toothless person smile
Puts a smile on your face when you look at her. Kinda looks like a toothless person smile
She is naturally that color. I had two others that I loaned to the zoo and they were a more normal phrynops color. I didn't send them this one because she's so unusual-looking.
For those of you who've never seen this type of turtle before, this is what they normally look like:
For those of you who've never seen this type of turtle before, this is what they normally look like:
emysemys said:She is naturally that color. I had two others that I loaned to the zoo and they were a more normal phrynops color. I didn't send them this one because she's so unusual-looking.
For those of you who've never seen this type of turtle before, this is what they normally look like:
I have seen the more common ones. But yours, I would have kept that one back to. I just love that face. Could cheer you up on your worst day
Now that is a kissable mug.....
That was supposed to be my deal with the zoo, Eric. I had three females and our zoo had two males. I THOUGHT I was sending them two females on breeding loan and they would send me one male on breeding loan. However their managers changed and now they tell me that I "donated" my turtles to the zoo. When they came to pick up the turtles the fellow told me he would send me the paperwork for the breeding loan. I never received it, and being busy, quickly forgot all about it. If I had followed up right away, it probably would have been resolved with a better outcome. My fault.
So cool. Side-necked turtles are really neat.
emysemys said:
Like I said, if the idea of letting it go comes around, let me know. I will hopefully have a group producing this year, or can get other animals from proven groups on loan to try and see if what that animal has going on is reproducable......
She lives out in the neat big pond right? Did the females at the zoo ever produce?
Yes, the first summer they had them, the original keepers were still working there, and they let me know that eggs were laid. The turtles live in the "rain forest" exhibit, and people are allowed to walk through there. The turtle nest was in a walk-way. I never heard any more about it.
emysemys said:
Im sorry to hear they kept your turtles, I hate when things like that happen to good people, I think you should walk through the turtle exhibit and get them back
bigred said:
With Yvonne's luck she would be caught stealing them and charged.
What zoo was it?
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