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Heosemys spinosa
a relatively small turtle with amazing serrated edge to its shell. they grow to a maximum of 22cm and loose the spiky edges as they get older.
tropical lowland rainforest
this photo was taken by Luke Powell, aged 8yrs, a budding naturalist and steve backshall....who visited us with his family.
Spotted on Aug 25, 2012
Submitted on Nov 26, 2012
13 Comments
Steve Backshall went there?! Cool!!
Great spotting ! Thanks for sharing this and for the information.
Beautiful!!
Wow! Amazing turtle!
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Great shot and find
Cool!
beauty!
thanks :-) apparently they are quite small and grow to approx 20cm.
It looks so much like a dinosaur, I thought it was fake..
thats awesome, literally a living dinosaur
Amazing reptile!..and photo!
Wonderful !