Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum species list (2024)

[NATY]

Visited on 2/8/2024

Tortoise pens:
Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) x1

African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)* x6 + x2 free-roaming

Asian Brown Tortoise (Manouria emys) x3

Burmese Star Tortoise (Geochelone platynota) x3 + x2 free roaming

Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) x5
Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius) x3
Yellow-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus) x2

African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) x1

Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) x3

Tanks row 1
1.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

Asian Softshell Turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) x1

2.
Giant Asian Pond Turtle (Heosemys grandis) x1

Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

3.
Empty tank [labeled Chinese Pond Turtle (Chinemys reevesii)]

4.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

5.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

6.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

7.
Empty tank [labeled Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)]

8. 2 tanks with
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

9. 2 tanks with
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1 x1

10.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

11. 2 tanks with
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

12.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

13.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

14.
Empty tank [labeled Red-eared Slider Turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans)]

15.
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) x1

16. 2 tanks with
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

16.
Albino Asian Softshell Turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) x1

18. 2 tanks with
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

19.
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) x1

Mata Mata Turtle (Chelus fimbriata) x1

20.
Unidentified and unsigned turtle

Indian Flapshell Turtle (Lissemys punctata) x1

21. 2 tanks with
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

22.
Elongated Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) x1

White-bellied Snapping Turtle (Elseya branderhorsti) x1

23. 2 tanks with
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

24.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

False Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica) x1
Malayan Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis) x1
Pink-bellied Side-necked Turtle (Emydura subglobosa) x2

25. 2 tanks with
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1


Tanks row 2
1.
Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii) x1

Yellow-spotted River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) x4

2.
Black Pond Marsh Turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis) x1

3.
New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina novaeguineae) x1

4.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

Asian Softshell Turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) x1

5.
Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii) x1

Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

6.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

7.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

White-bellied Snapping Turtle (Elseya branderhorsti) x1

8.
Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans) x1

9.
Elongated Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) x1

Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) x1

10.
Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans) x1

11.
Yellow-spotted River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) x4

Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

12.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

13.
Elongated Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) x1

Travancore Tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) x1

14.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

Broad Shell Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina expansa) x4

15.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

Empty tank [labeled Mississippi Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii)]

16.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) x2

17.
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) x1

White-bellied Snapping Turtle (Elseya branderhorsti) x1

Outdoor ponds:
Malaysian Giant Turtle (Orlitia borneensis) x5

Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

And for an interesting comparison, these are the species in this facility that Mandai's parks do not have as of now:
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Asian Softshell Turtle
Common Snapping Turtle
False Map Turtle
Indian Flapshell Turtle
New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle
Travancore Tortoise

Unidentified and unsigned turtle attached

 

[BucerosKeeper]

They have way more Sulcatas than that, an ex-staff showed me their breeding room awhile back. Which is interesting, because according to him, they do not have a license to breed their animals.

I remember that when they were first supposed to shut down and NParks wanted her to relinquish the collection to Mandai, they refused unless Mandai paid them an insane fee to take in everything, especially the "unwanted" species. That was when they scrambled to quickly secure a donor and pleaded with a rep to stay.

Personally I truly hope more Singaporeans do not pay them a cent and they they do shut down soon. Some of the ex-staffers have come forward on mishandled funds and animal abuse (owner does not believe in basic reptile welfare needs such as filtered water, ample space to move, varied diets), etc, but their stories never seem to see the light of day.

An interesting concept but one that should have been left to die in the past if the present owner is more interested in making a quick buck than actually contribute to the survival of the animals they own (similar story to Sentosa's Butterfly Kingdom and we know how that place turned out).

 

[BucerosKeeper]

Also your mystery turtle looks to be one of their many deformed Asian Box Turtles (Cuora couro/amboinensis sp.)

 

[LeMandaiEnthusiast‧]

Honestly that's quite a list of interesting species but from what BucerosKeeper said, it's quite a shame this place seems to be pretty horrible animal welfare wise

 

[NATY]

Honestly that's quite a list of interesting species but from what BucerosKeeper said, it's quite a shame this place seems to be pretty horrible animal welfare wise

Yeah the turtle tanks were all dirty and were too small for the bigger/active species like the giant Asian pond turtle, pig-nosed turtles and snapping turtles. The alligator snappers had it bad as there were 2 in the tank and it was separated so each had a much smaller space. The fact that they don't even use filters makes everything even worse as turtles produce a lot of waste and they'd be swimming in their own muck

The Malaysian giant turtles were also in a pond that looked like it hadn't been cleaned