Can anyone ID my girlfriend's pet turtles? She's had them forever.
Posted Apr 7, 2022, 3:35 PM UTC
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And this color is crazily amazing. For breeders in China, they would pay unbelievable price for appearance like this like it’s totally another different species or even like sacred animals coming out from mythology story.
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Apparently my girlfriend's father just found this little guys while working. She literally says he gathered them, lol.
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You lucky family… what kind of job, let me in! It would be a job of dream one can just pick up those gorgeous creatures from the ground… amazing! 🤩
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Here's a photo of them before becoming so dark. https://imgur.com/3bIsE2x
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They had been so beautiful already when they were still little…
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Those are 2 beautiful Reeves turtle males! As they age they darken significantly and lose all their yellow stripes. I have a male Reeves who is even darker than this now. He’s turning 27 next month 😊
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Wow! He's an old man! Older than me and my girlfriend!
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Ha! Reeves turtles live 40+ years if you take good care of them. They’re fantastic turtles with a TON of personality. They don’t get super big either.
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Have they always been that dark or did they use to look different?
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This was pretty typical. Everyone is really complimenting them on the color, and me and my girlfriend are kind of shocked.
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Just gorgeous specimens, truly. I have been into turtles for a while and these guys are just incredible looking. I dont think I've ever seen such uniform dark pigment. I would love to see some more pictures. :)
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Aha, I got enough flak from my girlfriend for posting this one alone.
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Flak? Lol why! Here is my turtle getting comfy to make it even. https://imgur.com/Dn5jI3B.jpg https://imgur.com/OORpIHC.jpg
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She thinks your turtle is very cute, but was shocked at the second photo. She thought it was a snake! Super cute. https://imgur.com/3bIsE2x
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Look like Kwangtung River Turtles
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It would appear that Mr. u/Confident_Egg7263 is correct in identifying them. I don't think they're Kwangtung River Turtles.
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They look so cool wtf hope it's not detrimental on their eyes or something
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Is that Frank and Rufus? They used to sell my RES goldfish on the deeptank till I got her into Rehab!
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Male Revees. Some male reeves could turn black to different degrees because of the hormones change when they get sexual maturity.