Mes Pelusios niger

Sujet: Mes Pelusios niger 24/10/2008, 23:26

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 25/10/2008, 01:23

La pelusios niger a une tête de kinosternon!

Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger 25/10/2008, 20:26

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 25/10/2008, 20:39

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 26/10/2008, 16:43

La tête de cette tortue est impressionnante...

Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger 7/11/2008, 23:31

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 21/3/2009, 16:29

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 21/3/2009, 17:36

So cute

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Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger 21/3/2009, 19:21

Belle bête!

Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger 21/5/2009, 17:52

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...

Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger 21/5/2009, 18:51

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

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Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger 21/5/2009, 23:51

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

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Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger 21/5/2009, 23:55

Great pics Ferry, thank you!

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Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger 22/5/2009, 00:04

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Sujet: Re: Mes Pelusios niger 22/5/2009, 00:19

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