QUOTE(Jamien @ Jan 23 2008, 12:28 PM)
BTW the false eye was so cute! I would get it if it wasn't so costly...
i really doubt the fact that they are false-eyed/hainan eyed turtle (
Sacalia pseudocellata). The species is so questionable (might be intergeneric hybrid or even hybrid between
S. quadriocellata and
Cuora trifasciata) that even scientists and taxonomists are baffled. the seller probably heard four-eyed turtle and misinterpreted (intentionally or not) the turtle as false eye turtle.
when i got my
Sacalias back then, it was wrongly labelled as Burmese Four Eyed Turtle. senseless, since
Sacalias are native to countries on the other side of the indochina. not as bad as the vendors who claimed
Notochelys platynota (Malayan Flatshelled Turtle) to come out of Africa, LMAO!!
truth is, sellers will come out with anything to make sales, so best make our own research.