Mes Pelusios niger

Sujet: Mes Pelusios niger Ven 24 Oct 2008, 22:26

Here some pics of my adult male Pelusios niger, nominate form.

And, the Pelusios niger compared with my Pelusios castaneus female (nr.1), carapace 26,5 cm.

Note the differences in head form and size.

Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger Sam 25 Oct 2008, 00:23

La pelusios niger a une tête de kinosternon!

Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger Sam 25 Oct 2008, 19:26

Bec crochu, c'est clair que ça se rapproche de celui des Kinosternon.

This post is THE answer at your question in an other. Big jaw ... it scared people ...

Good night Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum... My Sternotherus odoratus did the same banquet when one died in her aquarium lol.

Do you know the exact origin off your Pelusios castaneus? And the Pelusios niger? Is the big male from the same of the youngs specimens of an other post?

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Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger Sam 25 Oct 2008, 19:39

Loran a écrit:

Bec crochu, c'est clair que ça se rapproche de celui des Kinosternon.

This post is THE answer at your question in an other. Big jaw ... it scared people ...

Good night Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum... My Sternotherus odoratus did the same banquet when one died in her aquarium lol.

Do you know the exact origin off your Pelusios castaneus? And the Pelusios niger? Is the big male from the same of the youngs specimens of an other post?

I do not know the exact location of my Pelusios castaneus, unfortunately, but most P. castaneus are exported out of Ghana and Togo, so I suppose they come from these countries. My large female P. castaneus is a captive bred from Diergaarde Blijdorp Rotterrdam Zoo.
The two large P. nigers are unrelated to eachother as one is the black, nominate form, the other one is a "rayonnent", yet it has lost a lot of its attractive colours. The 3 juvenile "rayonnant" P. nigers that I have were confiscated in 2005 in Danmark and were given to the ESF (www.studbooks.org) and I keep them under contract. They were exported out of Lagos, Nigeria. The parents of the hatchlings of Pelusios castanoides castanoides are location pure; the parents were caught near Mombasa in Kenya.

Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger Dim 26 Oct 2008, 15:43

La tête de cette tortue est impressionnante...

Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger Ven 07 Nov 2008, 22:31

One of the participants in the ESF studbook had a captive bred hatchling of P. niger this week. Very unfortunately the hatchling died in a few days. But it gives some hope for the future. Wink

Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger Sam 21 Mar 2009, 15:29

Here some new pictures of my male Pelusios niger.

And here you can see the animal while feeding on turtle gelatine.

Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger Sam 21 Mar 2009, 16:36

So cute

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Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger Sam 21 Mar 2009, 18:21

Belle bête!

I finally found a female P. niger. she's a bit smalle than the male. I will introduce her to the male later on this year and I hope to have offspring next year.

Maler on the left, female on the right. With Pelusios niger the male is larger than the female.

Outside, enjoying the sun...

wouuua des photos de razorclaw trop bien !! tes photos sont super
Very beautiful female, happy to you, highly next year ^^

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Great.
Is it one of the turtle available in France since a few weeks?

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Great pics Ferry, thank you!

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Loran a écrit:

Great.
Is it one of the turtle available in France since a few weeks?

I found her on a Belgian secondhand auction website... Shocked