12 Turtles Exotic And Unique in the World (Maybe)

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12 Kura Kura Exotic & Unique in the World

1. Black-knobbed Map Turtle
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It appears this unique turtle-called Black-knobbed Map Turtle is a species of turtle native to the United States. This species spends most of the day sunning on fallen trees and quickly jumps into the water when approached. They sought refuge at the bottom of the river and among the branches of fallen trees.

2. Long neck turtles
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These turtles are not only strange because appearance but also because some properties. When feeling threatened, the Eastern Long-necked Turtle will emit an offensive odor from the fluid musk gland that is why it is also known as a "stinker." Other common names include common snake neck turtle, Eastern snake neck turtles, or Common long-neck turtle and the most typical features of a very long neck. This is the kind of side-necked turtles, which means that his head bent sideways into the shell instead of pulling straight back.
3. Eye (Chelus fimbriatus)
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shell resembles a piece of bark, and its head resembles fallen leaves. Keep moving in the water
4. Argentine Snake-necked Turtle (Hydromedusa tectifera)


This species is found in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil are popular pets in the exotic pet trade. It is also known as the South American Snake-necked Turtle, turtle, known by the name of a long neck. Although the Argentine Snake-necked Turtle is actually more related to the eye than Australia Snake Eyes-necked Turtles.
5. Cantor's giant soft-shelled turtle (Pelochelys cantorii)


This odd-looking species called Cantor's Giant Soft-shelled Turtle is a species of freshwater turtles that have a wide head and small eyes near the tip of its snout. It can grow to 6 feet (2 meters) in length and weighing more than 100 pounds (about 50 kilograms). The tortoise is not unusual to spend 95% of life buried and motionless, with only eyes and mouth protruding from the sand. It surfaces only twice a day to take a breath.
6. Softshelled Chinese Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)


This species is the largest soft shell turtle on earth. "Turtle soup" made of this type.
7. Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)
This strange species known as the spiny softshell turtle is found in Canada, the United States and Mexico is one species of turtle softshelled.http://www.turtlefarms.com/specialty_gallery/eastern_spiny_final.jpgThis is one species of freshwater turtles of the largest on the continent of North America. It gets its name from the prickly, cone-like projections at the leading edge of its shell.
8. Big head turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)
Apart from a very large head, turtles are known to easily climb trees near the river and quickly.
9. Rote Island Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi)http://www.chelodina.com/Gesamt1.jpgThe Rote Island Snake-necked Turtle is one of the turtles of the most desirable in the international pet trade. Even before explained scientifically gathered that it is excessive trading prohibited in 2001 because of its rarity. This is a turtle that is endangered species from Rote southwest of Timor Island between New Guinea and Australia.
10. Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)
This is one species of soft-shelled turtle endemic freshwater rivers, lagoons and rivers in Australia.
11. Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
In 2006, the Snapping Turtle is expressed as a reptilian state of New York after a popular elected by the state. This species is a large freshwater turtles than can be found in Canada, Mexico to Ecuador. This species and the Alligator Snapping Turtle of the two is widely referred to as the turtles or snappers broken.
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Common snappers are very heavily hunted for meat which is a popular ingredient turtle soup. These turtles are known for aggressive tendencies when it came out of the water, strong beak-like jaw and head and neck are highly mobile (because it's specific name "serpentina," meaning "serpent-like"). These turtles live to 47 years in captivity, while the age of wild individuals estimated to be about 30 years
12. Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)
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Alligator Snapping Turtles are one of the freshwater turtle in the world. This species will eat almost anything can catch and is also known to kill crocodiles, eating snakes, and even other turtles.

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