Ztlabraptor211
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I’ll take a stab at it. Pelusios adansonii?
Animal Identification Game
- Thread starter BerdNerd
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No and no.
I don't know how common this species is in captivity but this photo was taken at American zoo.
Phrynops geoffroanus?
Hilaire's toadheaded doesn't feel quite right.
Hilaire's toadheaded doesn't feel quite right.
No and no.
Is it Phrynops or Pelusios 
I promise I won't stab anymore!
I promise I won't stab anymore!
No and no.Is it Phrynops or Pelusios
I promise I won't stab anymore!
Okay, this one's a bugger. I thought for sure it was one of those two. . . .
Is a hint needed?
I would prefer trying to guess without hints, but if it goes on for longer possibly.
Is it a Podocnemis?
To narrow it down a bit, (since I am very curious to see what species this is without using things like Inaturalist because that would be considered cheating I believe), Is it at least in the suborder Pleurodira. Several of my guesses so far have looked very similar to this, so I'm genuinely interested all around.
Looks like a Batagur species to me. I'll go with Southern River Terrapin (B. affinis).
You can only post your own photos to iNaturalist, so DON'T DO THIS!!! It is not in the suborder Pleurodira.
Wrong on both genus and species.
No no no, I wasn't planning to post anything!!!!!, I know that's banned. You can press "Upload", however, and see what the Inaturalist scanner for your observation that you have loaded into the cue, and then see what the computer says. However these are horribley inaccurate.
Since this one is apparently super hard, I'll give two hints:
1. This species is in a monotypic genus
2. It has the name of a country within its common name
1. This species is in a monotypic genus
2. It has the name of a country within its common name
Then I'll go with what my second guess was, since it meets these criteria and looks similar to the species I guessed first: Orlitia borneensis, often known as Malaysian Giant Turtle.
Yes! That is the species.
I was between it and a Batagur species before and then forgot to follow up when I turned out to be wrong
but the hints helped confirm it for me.So how does this game work? Does this mean I post a photo next?
Yes, you post a photo now.I was between it and a Batagur species before and then forgot to follow up when I turned out to be wrong
So how does this game work? Does this mean I post a photo next?