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RE: The New Guy

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Posted by: kensopher at Fri Jan 12 06:11:45 2007  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kensopher ]  
   

That appears to be a nice male Cuora amboinensis. They are starting to go a little crazy dividing these Asian Box turtles into subspecies, and it would be nearly impossible for you to determine which subspecies you have without knowing the locality from whence it came.



Here's a link to an identification sheet for Cuora -

http://www.chelonia.org/cuoragallery.htm



Here's a link for sexing tips for this species -

http://www.chelonia.org/sexing/sexing_Cuora_amboinensis.htm



Nice turtle.

   

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