The wood turtle is the most colorful native turtle species in Ontario.
April 10, 2016
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Tag Archives: Turtle
May 7, 2015
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Three-toed Box Turtle
The three-toed box turtle is a subspecies of the same box turtle species as the recently posted Florida box turtle.
April 17, 2015
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Florida Box Turtle
The Florida box turtle is an turtle from the swamps of Florida.
April 8, 2015
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Pancake Tortoise
The pancake tortoise is so named because it is flat as a pancake — at least compared to other tortoises.
April 5, 2015
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Canadian Pet Expo 2015
As usual I like to visit animal shows. So I did go to the Canadian Pet Expo that was held this weekend in the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.
March 31, 2015
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Spotted Turtles
Spotted turtles are small semi-aquatic turtles from North America.
March 13, 2015
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African Softshell Turtle
The African softshell turtle, also known as the Nile softshell turtle is a large aquatic turtle.
February 28, 2015
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Diamondback Terrapin
Diamondback terrapins are similar to freshwater turtles but they live in brackish water of varying salinity.
January 31, 2015
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Painted Turtles
Painted turtles are common in North America including Canada.
January 19, 2015
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Hilaire’s Side-necked Turtle
The Hilaire’s side-necked turtle is a freshwater turtle from South America mainly from Brazil.
December 31, 2014
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European Pond Turtle
The European pond turtle is the only species of turtle native to Hungary.
December 17, 2014
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Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle
The red-bellied short-necked turtle is a beautiful river turtle.
December 5, 2014
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Pond Slider
Pond sliders have three subspecies. Red-eared sliders are the most common in the pet trade but the other two, the yellow-bellied slider and the Cumberland slider are also fairly common.
November 30, 2014
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Spiny Softshell Turtle
The spiny softshell turtle is a large freshwater turtle from North America.
November 19, 2014
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Mata Mata Turtle
Mata mata turtles are somewhat odd turtles from South America where they live mostly in Brazil in the Amazon and the Orinoco basin.
November 3, 2014
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Indian Star Tortoise
The Indian star tortoise looks like the Burmese star tortoise, but unlike its cousin the Indian star tortoise is not endangered in the wild.
October 29, 2014
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Toronto Reptile Expo
After visiting the 2014 Canadian Reptile Breeders Expo I have started to look at other opportunities to see reptiles.
October 26, 2014
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Burmese Star Tortoise
The Burmese star tortoise is a beautiful but critically endangered species of tortoise from South-East Asia.
October 21, 2014
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Leopard Tortoise
The leopard tortoise is the second largest tortoise on the African savanna.
October 10, 2014
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Red-foot Tortoise
Red-foot tortoises are from South America.