Florida Turtles And Tortoises

Florida redbelly turtle pseudemys nelsoni.

Florida turtles and tortoises. Our tortoise farm only breeds and produces captive bred tortoises and land turtles for sale. The biggest may have shells a foot or more in length. A turtle s shell is part of its skeleton made up of 50 bones including their rib cage and spine. Turtles are the oldest reptiles in the world older than alligators.

Same thing with sea turtles or any wildlife especially if you. In florida the gopher tortoise is listed as threatened. All of our turtles and tortoises are fed correct diets specific to the species. As used in this section the term turtles includes all animals commonly known as turtles tortoises terrapins and all other animals of the order testudinata class reptilia except marine species families dermochelyidae and cheloniidae.

The gopher tortoise boasts thickset hind legs often compared to an elephant s and heavily scaled forelegs equipped with robust claws for burrowing. Checklist of florida turtles click on thumbnails for a larger view apalone ferox schneider 1783 florida softshell. We are a proud member of the zaa zoological association of america and we are an approved and accredited breeding facility by the zaa. Cool facts about turtles.

Gopher tortoises are one of those those are protected species here in florida so it s recommended to not touch them in general. Due to a great deal of research and testing at our facility in 2009 from 2010 we have been feeding all of our turtles and tortoises with zoo med laboratories products. Some species include baby russian tortoise red foot tortoise sulcata tortoise leopard tortoises greek tortoises eastern western hermann s tortoise indian star tortoise and more. Zoo med is the number one reptile product manufacturer in the world.

A uniform gray gopher tortoises lack the intricate patterning of box turtles and grow substantially larger. They live year round in large burrows often measuring thirty feet in length. Both the tortoise and its burrow are protected under state law. Welcome to florida iguana tortoises breeders.

For more information on gopher tortoise. Different turtles have different appetites. Non native in florida keys apalone mutica le sueur 1827 smooth softshell apalone mutica calvata webb 1959 gulf coast smooth softshell apalone spinifera le sueur 1827 spiny softshell apalone spinifera aspera agassiz 1857 gulf coast spiny softshell. Florida mud turtle kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri.

At florida iguana tortoise breeders we are a dedicated facility to the care and breeding of giant land tortoises and west indies cyclura rock iguanas. The gopher tortoise gopherus polyphemus pictured inhabits sandy soil areas in the southeastern united states from florida to the eastern parts of louisiana.