i did, but i thought you said in lyn garage sales.
thanks for the googling...

star can easily differentiate by their star pattern. indian or sri langka normally more than 6, while the other is 6 or less. the shape of the stars i mean. haha... right uzairi?

golden thread turtle i saw someone selling in the net. wanna ask is that this turtle is the normal 'grass turtle' that we found in malaysia? wondering around bushes and grass land... my friend from seremban saw the picture just now and said he always saw this type of turtle wonder around his house.. ( a bit in kampung )

This post has been edited by dai86: Sep 16 2008, 02:05 PM

Grass turtle? Box turtle u mean? Quite common in paddy fields.

The common "grass turtle " is most likely Cuora amboinensis or Malayan / Asian Box

Whereas the Golden thread is from Taiwan and surround ( But they thrive like RES when released so if you find one in the wild dont be suprised )

Is the below link the one you saw selling in the net - http://www.adpost.com/my/pets/18401/

Ocadia sinensis (sinensis of course refers to organisms that came from china) is a non-native species, it could not be naturally found here. most probably your friend misID'ed the picture as a boxie.

(there are specimens of formerly captive turtles that escaped or were released by their owners here, but the number is quite small to be considered as 'normally' found in malaysia)

common box i think what they mean has got yellow strip on each side, but the golden thread turtle is something like red ear slider, but its not the same as its pattern of pigments and shell shape is different.
correct me if i am wrong...

I don't know the price for this turtle in Selangor can cost that much.

common box i know, it can easily recognised out. haha... the head can be cover with the plastron.. haha... mmm... maybe, cause my friend just 'see' like this, no picture or anything to show me. huh~~ i ask him to catch back for me next time he see it. hehe.....

On my LFS list they cost slightly more than a RES

RES wholesale for RM 7 - 8 a pc

Where as the Ocadia for RM 9 a pc

what kind of tortoise that live in drain?
it came to my house...

Drains? Probably just dropped into a drain from the roadside.

Mind taking a picture for us?

already let it go...
but it looks like this and the shell and hands licin sikit..

Hoo Hoo Hoo.... Macam kenal jerk nie

there was a RM1500 ocadia sinensis in jakarta a while back... LOL!!!

ko biar benar
based on your (vague) description, my guess is you could have stumbled upon either:

i) Elongated tortoise
ii) Someone else's missing star or radiated (hands licin sikit) or some other valuable tortoise
iii) Something else that you totally misIDed

if it was either (i) or (ii), i'd say... your lost dude!
nothing came out of drain for me except boxies and res.

This post has been edited by camillenoir: Sep 16 2008, 07:56 PM

Brother, you don't want can always give it to me

aiyoyo......

By that you mean?

Since already " let it go " could be any specie !!!

Could even be a turtle who knows !!

ape bgs sgt kekura tu?
bernilai ke?

the tortoise in the particular picture (i believe the original picture belongs to jq_tan) could be worth 3 to 4 digits depending on size and gender.

base on your description, the one you saw could be something that worth even more in terms of value and rarity

anyway, as sam mentioned.. you already let go, so no ID can be confirmed.