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I've been keeping one for roughly two years and it's turned out that he's male and he's currently about five inches. But I started thinking, you know, these guys are supposed to get eight to ten inches (if I remember correctly) and that was one of the factors of why I got salvinii and not triporcatus (that and it's fun to say Chiapas). I really began to wonder if I should expect the eight to ten inches with my male or more like six to eight.

So in summation, if there's a Staurotypus keeper out there, I'd appreciate if you shared with me the average adult sizes of your animals?
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Eryx - All the fun of a boa in a convenient pocket size!

If it is a male salvinii, then 8 inches is about right for an adult. They are much smaller than triporcatus.
BUT, I have also seen quite a number of what appear to me (and others) as obvious crosses between the two. I guess some of the breeders are not being careful as to who breeds who.

Thanks for the reply, I was wondering, is it possible that there are natural intergrades and some of those are being imported. Not saying that people aren't hybridizing them either on purpose or accident, and I have seen some funky turtles labeled salvinii.

I put a link to my guy on the bottom, I don't remember when that picture was taken, it was probably at least a couple months back. But the diameter of the scale is about 5" and he's reading 282 grams if you look. But he's even bigger now, anyway, once again thanks for giving me a general idea of what to expect.

Blueberry, our little staurotypid

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Eryx - All the fun of a boa in a convenient pocket size!

Awesome looking Salvinii!!!

I just got a little guy in this morning.
J & S Herpetoculture

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Jeff H.
http://www.jandsherps.com

As far as natural intergrades I doubt it. I think (but I could be wrong) that thier respective ranges are mutually exclusive.

Yes! I too have seen some 'salvinii' with white and black flecked heads, marbled heads, etc. And all of these were captive bred. But I haven't seen imports like that so that makes me suspicious. Even if they were captive mixes, they would still make neat pets. The one tripocatus I had years ago was a fantastic animal and very responsive. I raised him from a new hatchling to about 8 inches before he went to a friend. Absolutely beautiful too.