pictures 1 and 2
Left: hybrid Mauremys (Chinemys) reevesi x Ocadia sinensis, mother of hatchlings in picture 7 & 8
Right: Mauremys mutica
pictures 3 and 4
Left: Mauremys mutica
Right: Cuora trifasciata (captured from the wild in Taiwan)
picture 5
Close up of Cuora trifasciata
picture 6
Cuora flavomarginata hatchlings
picture 7
Offspring of hybrid female (shown picture 1 and 2) and unknown male
picture 8
Offspring of the same female and an unknown male of a different species.
This turtle has laid two clutches of eggs after being caught from the wild. It appears that the fathers of the two clutches belong to different species.
pictures 9 and 10
Mauremys (Chinemys) reevesi
picture 11
Unknown hybrid, probably a hybrid of three species
picture 12 and 13
Mauremys mutica x Mauremys (Ocadia) sinensis hybrid
I am grateful to Dr. Tien-Hsi Chen for showing me these turtles.
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