Chitra chitra
Striped Giant Narrow
Headed Soft Shell turtle
These magnificient turtles are the largest of all freshwater
turtles,they are also the heaviest of all freshwater
turtles.An adult can grow and weigh up to 150 to 250 kilos.These
turtles are extremely rare in the wild and hatchlings or even
midsize Chitra chitra are almost impossible to be found in
the wild not to mention full grown adults.We have the fortunate
chance to be the 1st successful Chitra chitra breeders
around breaking a record of 1000 ++ hatchlings for the year
2001 alone.Our advant garde style of incubating the eggs have
proven very successful.
Chitra chitra defers from its closest cousin from Pakistan
,the Chitra indica.To date there have not been any confirmation
of any captive bred Chitra indica from any source.These turtles
are on the brink of extinction and if wildcaught population
of Chitra indicas go unchecked,it will one day become extinct
in the wild like the Chitra chitra that we are now breeding.
It is always advisable to buy captive bred turtles as wildcaught
animals almost always produces much problems.Wild caughts
suffers from appetite destruction and most will die under
stress and suffer from parasites etc.Captive breds on the
other hand are more expensive but the overall statistics for
survival is very much higher.
Chitra chitra
morphology
Chitra chitra are magnificient turtles and like Tigers, each
and every turtle has their own distinct patterns.Thru selective
breeding, we have bred some unusual morphs like the Marbled
Chitra chitra,Abberant Striped Chitra chitra and the Reticulated
Chitra chitra.
Chitra chitra also comes in different shapes,colors and patterns.Some
Chitra chitras have light carapace while others have darker
to black carapaces.
Below are some examples of our captive bred Chitra chitras.Only
captive bred gems like these are available all thru selective
captive breeding .
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| Marbled
Chitra chitra |
Aberrant
Striped |
Std vs
Marbled |
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Cupped
tailed
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Reticulated
Chitra chitra
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Std Chitra
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Chitra chitra |
Reticulated
Chitra chitra |
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| Flowerback Chitra
chitra |
Flowerback Chitra
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