Probably not, just make sure you keep it moist....K


At 09:59 AM 7/31/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Thanks, Kurt.
>The small one has a thickened lip but lacks the teeth. Sculpture is pretty
>similar.
>
>Maybe I can keep it alive and see how it develops. Does it matter what
kind of
>leaves and humus it's in?
>
>David
>
>On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:55:20 -0400 Kurt Auffenberg <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>It could be ... as those babies don't develop those recognizable shell
>characters until adulthood.  Polygyrids also develop thickened aperatural
>lips usually when adult, so if the little one has a thin, fragile lip, it's
>probably a juvenile........look at the shell sculpture and
>periostracum.....If they match....you have a match...
>
>Kurtles
>