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OATA Care Guide: Turtles & Terrapins

Care SheetsMay 26, 2022

OATA produce a good range of free care sheets for coldwater, tropical freshwater and marine fish as well as for invertebrates, aquatic reptiles and plants. The term terrapin comes from a native American Indian name for a small aquatic turtle. It covers all freshwater turtles.

Setting up an Aquatic Terrarium Paludarium for Turtles

ReptilesJan 31, 2022

If you are interested in keeping aquatic turtles, such as musk turtles or reeves turtles, you will need to setup a suitable habitat. This is known as an aquatic terrarium, or "paludarium".