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I was looking to purchase a Fly River Turtle and was wondering if anyone has had any experience with any particular breeders. In addition what shouls I anitipate paying.

thank you in advance,

Tom

If you go to www.AustinsTurtlePage.com they have a care sheet that pretty much gives a complete overview. Also has some expected prices. Also, I know of at least one person on ATP's forum that has a Fly. You could post a question there.
Chris
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Hey whats up, I'm Chris and I currently have 1.0 Softy, 0.0.1 Midland Painted, 1.0 Bearded Dragon

one of the moderators there is an expert on fly rivers.
see also his page:
carettochelys

hmm.... goofed link, its:
http://www.carettochelys.com/

Aren't Carettochelys illegal to own in the US? I was just wondering. They are neat turtles.
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14 Leopard Gackos 5.9.0
1 Baby Leo (Joi) 0.1.0 temp sexed (Found a new home L.F.)
2 Tokay Geckos 2.0.0
1 Graybanded Kingsnake 1.0.0 (on vacation in my house)
1 Baird's Rat Snake (Thanks Vadoni!) 1.0.0
1 Trans Pecos Rat Snake 0.0.1 (currently has eye infection)

Perfectly legal to own, buy, sell and ship within the US. It is also perfectly legal to import them from non-native countries.
However, most available specimens originate from their native habitat in PNG and are illegally taken from there into Asia, then legally exported to the US. A form of turtle laundering!
One can expect to pay 100.00 US per inch for such specimens.
While I find them to be quite hardy as captives. They do reach a substantial size and require extremely large aquatic enclosures with the ability to maintain well filtered, circulated and warm water.
I have done some research into CITES past meeting of the animals conferences and have found nothing in the way of a CITES I, II, or III listing, though the subject has come up, and the data necessary is currently gathered for review.

Best of luck,

Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.526.4856