The Fly River Turtle

Now here is a rare find in the pet industry! These magnificent turtles are known to be VERY hard to breed in captivity, giving it its rare availabiltity status in pet stores.

Also known as the Pig Nose Turtle, (Carettochelys insculpta)  these are a fully aquatic turtles species which tend to be a little on the shy side and somewhat intollerant to sharing their space with others of their species. (Although fine together when young, we had to separate ours after they grew up a bit!)

Ours are captive bred, but they can be found in the wild in Australia and New Guinea. At maturity they will weigh up to 50  pounds and reach a shell diameter of about 22".  They have light colored jaws and a similarly colored streak over the eye. The shell is covered with skin and has a median keel near the back. The plastron is somewhat small but still forms a plate. Being mostly aquatic, they have developed paddle-shaped limbs with two claws per limb. The top of the tail has a single line of scales. Males can be distinguished from females by their larger tails.

We have had this pair in our store for quite some time now. (Over a year now!) They have always been good eaters and at times show some real personality. 

The above pictire is quite old now, and the white spots around the outter part of their shell have all but disappeared (they lose these as the grow). 

Chances are, these might now appear again in the pet industry (at least at our end). In fact, as the supply dwindled, the price from our supplier doubled!! However, we got them while the price was still low. Expect to pay twice as much anywhere else now. 

In the interest of finding these guys a better home, we have reduced the price!

Was: $450.00, now ONLY $375.00!! Act now! Sorry, BOTH SOLD!