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Hi,

does anyone here know about turtle species from the malawi sea? Iv tried to search on google, but did not find anything at all.

Are there any species of turtles in malawi?

Im asking for a buddy witch is a malawi chiclid fan and would like to add some turtles.

thank you.

Bård

Although there may be turtles in some of the rift lakes(such as Lake Malawi), I don't know of any that would make good terrarium inhabitants.Although they are not anything near native Map turtles and Blandings turtles can do well with large, aggressive cichlids, or with smaller fish as hatchlings. Some mud and musk turtles are weak enough swimmers to be kept with large cichlids, but do not trust them with anything that could in any way possibly fit in their mouths. Although it may be difficult to find a good native turtle a yellow musk turtle would look great in a large tank with a few large fish.

There are possibly turtles of the generae Pelusios, Pelomedusa, and Softshell[ Cycloderma, Trionyx, etd.] located there. All of them will attack and devour fish. Trionyx triunguis reaches weights in excess of 100 lbs and eats anything from small crocodiles to fish. All of the smaller species are very ordinary brown looking turtles. Just get something you like that will co-habitate with the fish. thanks