Krijumčario 175 kameleona i deset kornjača
vrijednih 150 000 eura

U zagrebačkoj Zračnoj luci Pleso carinici su osujetili pokuÅ¡aj krijumčarenja deset kornjača i čak 175 kameleona, vrijednih 150.000 eura, koje je iz Tajlanda u Hrvatsku u svojoj prtljazi prenio 25-godiÅ¡njih hrvatski državljanin, doznaje se danas u Ministarstvu kulture i zagrebačkoj policiji.

Opis vrste Emys orbicularis

Barska kornjaca je jedina vrsta koja je autohotna u srednoj europi.
Do nedavno je ta vrsta bila jedini zastupnik roda Emys.
2005 je poslje genetskog pregleda i istrazivanja vrsta koja zivi na siciliji
predstavljena kao posebna vrsta Emys trinacris,
koja je stime drugi zastupnik u rodu Emys.
Srodne vrste Emys orbicularis su Actinemys marmorata i Emydoidea blandingii.

Captive Breeding of
McCord’s Box Turtle
Cuora mccordi ERNST, 1988
- by H. Artner -

Cuora mccordi was described as recently as 1988 on the basis of market/pet trade specimens. There are as yet no reports of the natural occurrence of this species. It may well be that it has already become extinct in its East Asian habitat. The life history of the species is therefore virtually unknown.

Keeping and Breeding the
Yellow-headed Sideneck
Podocnemis cayennensis
(SCHWEIGGER, 1812) over years
- by Harald Artner -
Keeping and breeding of the Yellow-headed Sideneck or Terecay Podocnemis cayennensis in captivity are described in detail. Own observations and data are compared with other published data. Comments on its distribution, natural history and nomenclatural problems are also given. Until 2000 two adult pairs of the species were kept. Since then only one pair remained. The remaining female has successfully reproduced in 1997, 2001, 2002, and in 2005. All together, 53 hatchlings were produced. They had carapace lengths of appr. 40 mm and weighed 10 g.