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19-Sep-07, 08:22 PM
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Really? I reckon (personally) these look much cooler than hermit crabs! I always found hermit crabs a little boring/cliche... These are something different!!
Bylo, do you know their actual names? 'Cause I can't find anything about them anywhere!
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19-Sep-07, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by PhilK  Really? I reckon (personally) these look much cooler than hermit crabs! I always found hermit crabs a little boring/cliche... These are something different!!
Bylo, do you know their actual names? 'Cause I can't find anything about them anywhere! | no mate i cant find any info on them , i am taking pics now.
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19-Sep-07, 08:35 PM
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I saw these or some similar on an Attenborough doco. The live in the desert and keep their gills wet from condensation at night by cooling their bodies down in the night air and then returning to their burrows where it is warmer and more humid. It was a while ago that I saw the doco and I cannot remember which state the crabs were from, I think S.A. or QLD
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19-Sep-07, 08:43 PM
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These ones are from Qld!
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19-Sep-07, 08:44 PM
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I think they are Holthuisana angustifrons
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19-Sep-07, 08:56 PM
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ok i have taken a few pics of the crabs .
tonight they have turned a red colour .
what do you think
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19-Sep-07, 08:58 PM
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I actually think it may be genus Austrothelphusa...? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrothelphusa
Googling Austrothelphusa in images gives a few images looking similair too. 'Inland freshwater crab' apparently!
EDIT: don't see any pics bylo?
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19-Sep-07, 09:28 PM
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So I assume these don't all attack each other like my freshwater yabbies? I'm sick of replacing them after they are dismembered!
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19-Sep-07, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by PhilK I actually think it may be genus Austrothelphusa...? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrothelphusa
Googling Austrothelphusa in images gives a few images looking similair too. 'Inland freshwater crab' apparently!
EDIT: don't see any pics bylo? | you sure i put them up
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19-Sep-07, 10:00 PM
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Oh sorry I can see them now! They are so awesome. So they mostly stick to land obviously?
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21-Sep-07, 05:46 PM
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i have looked into them and i think these would be good candidates for captive breeding because unlike other "freshwater crabs" and land crabs they carry their larvae under them insted of the larvae becoming plankton in brackish/marine environments.
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22-Sep-07, 09:13 AM
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How did you find that info, mate? If you could swing any info my way I'd appreciate it, because I don't want to kill them when I get them.
These guys will go on freshwater then? ..they don't need salt/brackish?
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22-Sep-07, 09:38 AM
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We also have some of these crabs in stock now (thanks bylo) at Xotic Pet Supplies and I must say they seem to be inquisitive creatures! I have them in a tank with gravel (aquarium) substrate and a large water dish at one end. They use the water to hide in and are very responsive to movement. Cool little guys! 
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22-Sep-07, 09:47 AM
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Hi,
These crabs are also found from ravenshoe/millstream area. No salt water here.
Once whilst out herping with a friend ,I asked had he seen anything and he casually remarked "Oh just a few crabs."
I had no idea that freshwater crabs even exisited and asked him to show me them.
I keep a few in my turtle tanks and still have some of the larger ones 3 years later.
They are an excellent aquarium inhabitant and dont harrass the turtles.
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22-Sep-07, 11:02 AM
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Do they drown in water? I know some land crabs are totally land crabs and will drown if put in water over their head for too long...
When I keep them, I'll have 3/4 coco peat mixed with sand and 1/4 of the tank partioned off with creek sand and water with some driftwood. Figure they can go into the water when they want, and be on land when they want. Would this suit them?
I've gne only 1/4 water because I heard they're mostly land based..
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