Red Headed Amazon Podoc Turtle (EXTREMELY RARE!)

This is my cool new South American Amazon Red Headed/Head Podoc Turtle! Only Six were hatched This year (2010). (Podocnemis erythrocephala) And its care follows:
The red-headed sideneck turtle, P. erythrocephala, is a much sought after species that rarely if ever enters the pet trade anymore. Unlike many turtles, males retain the brilliant red head markings that characterize hatchlings. Limited to the Rio Negro and Rio Casiquiare drainages in Venezuela and Brazil, it is a secretive species that mainly keeps to blackwater areas.

This turtle's wild status has not been well-studied, but it is assumed threatened by past over-collection and habitat loss. Many I have worked with proved to be fairly shy.. They do not rush towards me at feeding time, as would almost any other turtle after such a time period, and reproduced only sporadically. We certainly need to learn more about the keys to the captive breeding of this species.

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[codblops98]

cool turtule what does cockostumes mean

[TheTurtlelover09]

@codblops98 Cockostumes?

[19audra90]

ya thats $650 a piece. lol rich kids

[TheTurtlelover09]

@19audra90 Lol, poor kids

[fritz271]

can you tell me where you got it

[TheTurtlelover09]

@fritz271 from a breeder but he only has two more and is not selling them

[oldskool522]

I've never seen this type of turtle before

[classyturtles2000]

i posted my first vid today im a new user cool turtle love the red ring around his shell

[tripodshits]

not as rare as my BLASTOISE!!!!

[repthealth]

@TheTurtlelover09 hey check out my channel and help me decide what my second turtle should be and make a vid telling about ur turtles so i can decide just there personality and stuff thanks reptohealth its repthealth cause i was typing to fast when i was making my acount.

[donmacchiarolo]

@Spenrol what ta fuck is your problem?

[bakuganscriptfan555]

@codblops98

plecostumes it's a sucker fish

[EPTkeeper]

where did u get him can u get them on theturtlesource??????????? i want 1 so bad or 1 like it. how big do they get????????? love ur vids and turtles and other animals

[EPTkeeper]

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[321Bizzare]

@codblops98 he said plecostomas, derp.