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Hybrid turtles?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:01 am
by X-Factor
Does anyone have pictures of hybrid turtles? Such as a cross bred painted turtle?

I didn't think it was possible but turtlesource [not reputable] has some pictures of a map turtle cross bred with a red ear slider that resulted in this offspring.


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I thought turtles have to be of the same family species to reproduce.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:13 am
by BullDog
That's cool! Never seen a RES/Map hybrid!

This is a pic of a RES/YBS hybrid that's at the reptile rescue. If I was seriously considering getting another turtle, I would scoop him up in a minute ;)
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:58 am
by Linus

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:25 am
by novroz
I've seen people mate different kind of turtles in TV but they say, the hybrid will not live as long as their parents.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:49 am
by Azfar
Wow.. I love the hybrid turtle.. now I know what will happen if my RES and YBS together.. hihi.. but naaahhhh.. I won't breed them :wink:

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:57 am
by novroz
Don't breed them if you are not sure they can lay eggs properly :( I am still feeling sad for Kame

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:22 am
by Diamondbacks4Life
There are lots of crosses that you can make with turtles if you really tried. As long as there in the family and then go down to sub familys you get an even greater chance.

If you look up those turtles in all those photos the two turtle crosses that made them were in the same subfamily- Deirochelyinae. Wood and the side necks are in different subfamilys

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:51 am
by Azfar
Novroz - I'm feel sorry about your Kame, but she still in good condition right? Hope she will be fine. Don't worry to much ok~! :D

~~Heh.. of course I'm not gonna breed them and if I were to do dat, what i'm going to do with all babies? hehehe.. cannot la.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:36 am
by untsmurf
I love the northern black-knob x ringed map turtle! So pretty!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:41 pm
by Linus
Painteds4life wrote:There are lots of crosses that you can make with turtles if you really tried. As long as there in the family and then go down to sub familys you get an even greater chance.

If you look up those turtles in all those photos the two turtle crosses that made them were in the same subfamily- Deirochelyinae. Wood and the side necks are in different subfamilys


But the Concentric DBT x False Map Turtles is two different families.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:41 pm
by blackforces get you
hybrid turtles look cool. do they need extra care?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:02 am
by DragonLord
Azfar wrote:Novroz - I'm feel sorry about your Kame, but she still in good condition right? Hope she will be fine. Don't worry to much ok~! :D

~~Heh.. of course I'm not gonna breed them and if I were to do dat, what i'm going to do with all babies? hehehe.. cannot la.


then send me all ur baby turtle lah azfar Image

PostPosted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:11 pm
by Azfar
Hahaha.. dats gonna cost your Billion Million Rupiah.. har har har :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:39 am
by HRH<3LES<3MP
I just got a turtle two days ago in Panama City on the way home from vacation, and I'm not sure what kind of turtle it is. The man that ran the store was very hard to understand, so I just got a care sheet, a small portable aquarium, and some food from the shop and figured I would do some research when I got home... But it hasn't turned out do well. The care sheet I got only told me when to feed it, it likes to be in the sun, and when to replace the water, so I have no real knowlegde of how to care for my turtle. :/ I found pictures of "Concentric DBT x False Map Turtles" and they seem to match my turtle quite well except for the fact that my turtle has dots on the bottom of his shell opposed to what is shown in this picture: http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/world_ ... P00032.jpg
also, my turtle is more of a greener color than the turtles in the pictures I saw. Could it be a difference in age? Maybe he's still young...? I've tried Googling how to care for this kind of turtle, but it seems to be a lost cause :/ can anybody help? http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak- ... 1865_n.jpg
this is the best picture I could get of my turtle.

Re: Hybrid turtles?

PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:08 am
by shedreamsinred
@HRH<3LES<3MP: It looks like you have a red eared slider. Read the content of the website this forum is hosted on for a ton of helpful info. Please remove the gravel asap, and look into purchasing a real tank for your little guy.