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Pig-Nosed Turtle Links

I've tried to rank these from Top to Bottom by what I believe is most helpful to new Pig-Nosed Turtle owners. If you feel that any of this information is helpful, incorrect, or have more helpful information you'd like to share please feel free to Contact me .

Close up of Pig Nose

Helpful Links for Fly River Turtle information

If you're seriously interested in the Fly River Turtle, you might want to start out and read a little bit of what was documented from this government website. This document provides a general idea of the Fly River Turtle Habitat, Rold in the Ecosystem, how they are brought into the pet trade, how endagered they are from overharvesting, what roles other countries are doing to prevent overharvesting, etc.
(requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

This is a second article I thought was also most informative about the species. Provides a slightly better description than the government document.
http://www.tortoise.org/archives/pignose.html

A website dedicated to the Carettochelys species. Information found here includes descriptions, photos, water conditions, etc.
http://www.carettochelys.com


Austinsturtlepage.com has a very descriptive page dedicated to the Fly River Turtle along with Species Information, Care sheets, and more.
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/caresheet-fly_river_turtle.htm


Website with General info, Care Sheet, Photos, and Breeding information.
http://www.centralpets.com/animals/reptiles/turtles/tur2622.html

Is your Fly River Turtle Male or Female? This webpage explains how to tell the sex of your turtle and includes some photos.
http://www.chelonia.org/sexing/sexing_Carettochelys.htm

This article provides a few great pointers on recovering even the weakest Fly River Turtles.
http://www.petlibrary.com/articles/details.php?articleId=11&parentId=4

This website is the only one i've found that has actual skeleton Xray photos of the Fly River Turtle. Very Cool and well worth looking into.
http://www.digimorph.org/specimens/Carettochelys_insculpta

This website contains just basic general information about the Fly River Turtle.
http://www.whozoo.org/Intro2002/RacheLoftin/RNL_flyriverturtle.html

A PNT forum that was sent to me via email - Collin Tang, Singapore
http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219205&highlight=PNT

General Care information webpage for a Fly River Turtle. A good quick reference about what to have in mind when keeping your Turtle healthy.
http://www.repticzone.com/caresheets/55.html

I love the layout on this PDF document. Shows great photos and provides excellent captive care information. http://www.reptilia.net/articulos_ing/033.pdf

So now after you've done your research, dive in to conversations with other Fly River Turtle owners. Sometimes you just can't find the right answers from basic webpages and need to discuss things with actual Turtle owners. These are groups I could find that exchanges interests, information, photos, and more with these Pig Nosed Turtles.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flyriverturtles

http://www.turtleforum.com

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