Some of My Animals

[Anthony P]

I wanted to start a thread where I could share some photos of the animals in my TurtleRoom

Hope you like them and do not mind the random nature in which I post and the random assembly of such random species. Everything is here to breed and much of the species are endangered and in need of captive propagation. Several of the groups I work with are part of AZA SSPs for their species.

But I start with Testudo marginal, cause she is a pretty...

 

[Anthony P]

The Aquatic or Coahuilan Box Turtle, Terrapene coahuila

 

[PJay]

I'm glad you are posting photos. How old is the Coahuilan?

 

[Franco F]

They both look great! @Anthony P

 

[Anthony P]

I'm glad you are posting photos. How old is the Coahuilan?

That animal is roughly 8-10 months old, maybe, now. I am raising two of them at the moment.

 

[Anthony P]

Here is some of my Pyxis arachnoides group...

 

[MichaelaW]

Nice! I didn't know you had coahuila.

 

[GingerLove]

Here is some of my Pyxis arachnoides group...

Wow, they are beautiful!!!!!! I love the ones in the background with the stripe straight down the middle of their shell. A very pretty group!

 

[bouaboua]

Here is some of my Pyxis arachnoides group...

WOW！ ！ ！ ！

They are beautiful! ! ! ! !

 

[Anthony P]

Nice! I didn't know you had coahuila.

Yeah, I've just got the two. They are really cool. Subtle beauty and really cool looking eyes when you look close up. I like many species that are considered drab, though, like Actinemys and these guys

 

[Anthony P]

Everyone loves the turtle that took home Best in Show at the NYTTS Annual Tortoise Show last year. This is Princess

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

Everyone loves the turtle that took home Best in Show at the NYTTS Annual Tortoise Show last year. This is Princess

Whoa! That is a phenomenal looking animal! Thanks for sharing your collection on here.

 

[KevinGG]

Would be neat to see an updated video of your turtle room. I remember the one from a couple years ago. Guessing you've added a lot since then. Beautiful turtles

 

[Anthony P]

Would be neat to see an updated video of your turtle room. I remember the one from a couple years ago. Guessing you've added a lot since then. Beautiful turtles

Yeah, that video is more than 3 years old now, actually! I really want to do it but it gets so hard to clean up down there, as my daughter just throws stuff everywhere! She's a little under three years old and she trashes the place while I do turtle chores. I feel like picking up after her never ends.

 

[Anthony P]

This is Big Molly, the Forsten's Tortoise, Indotestudo forstenii, who was kept in captivity in CT of all places, by owners who didn't even know what species she was. Thanks to this forum, we were able to get this record sized endangered tortoise out of her aquarium and into a breeding program.

 

[Anthony P]

A really underrated species, the Japanese Pond Turtle, Mauremys japonica.

 

[Anthony P]

This is Lenny, the Leopard Tortoise, Stigmochelys pardalis. My wife loves him more than she loves me.

 

[Anthony P]

Poppy, the hypomelanistic Northern Redbelly Cooter, Pseudemys rubriventris. She is a real looker. Unfortunately for me, she will be leaving here next week. It has been fun spending the last 15 months with her, though. Unfortunately, when you dedicate your life to very endangered and genetically pure animals, things like hybrids, morphs, or anything that doesn't breed isn't going to fit into the plans.