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Squirtle999 · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:36 am Post subject: Flat head turtle???

I saw this turtle of flat head (not pics yet) in the campus of the national university of Paraguay (in an artificial lake) andI want to know that kind of turtle is she. She is black, and her head is like a snake head.Im curious, I want to know What kind of turtle is she. plz help

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:55 am Post subject:

It might be one of these two:

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reptiles/turtles/ArgentineSnakeNeckedTurtle.php

http://www.honoluluzoo.org/images/matamata_turtle.htm
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Squirtle999 · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:00 am Post subject:

Its not any of those two Ill try to get a pic.Ill post again in about 1 hour.
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Jdude101 · Level 3 Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 191 Location: Georgia

i read about mata mata before, i didnt realize they were that big...

it is probably a soft shell of some kind, but maybe not. i just cant imagine a flat head withou a flat shell like soft shells.

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject:

They are ugly too Very Happy

Try these two links, they are for the northern part of South America as well as for the southern part and the turtles in that part:

http://www.chelonia.org/Northern_South_Amer_gallery.htm

http://www.chelonia.org/Southern_South_Amer_gallery.htm
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Squirtle999 · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject:

Yes!! Its an argentine snake head turtle. This web haves much better pics, thank you for the help Laughing

P.D: I think they are all cute Mad

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Tomorrow I´ll put some pics, Its dificult to get them becose they are almost all the time under the water.I found that there are almost 5 of them.
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STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:06 am Post subject:

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help. Very Happy

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skslover · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:15 pm Post subject:

If i see pic i can tell you for sure what it is because i have mistaken turtles for other turtles that look almost exactly alike but small details u do not notice can be different so when i see a picture i will tell you either what kind or how much it is worth sometimes i remember them only by the amount of money because sometimes i only see the amount its worth and no name is listed =[ its sad when you do not know what turtle u r buying saving or taking care of
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