Where do you buy your crabs from?

[Tupinambis]

Hello everyone again!
It is very clear to me that those of you who live in Europe have many more species of land crab available to you than I do here in the United States.

For example, I think Geothelphusa dehaani is VERY cute, but they are illegal to have as pets in the United States

I saw that someone on this website has some as pets though, and I am very jealous!

I don't think that there are any other crabs illegal to keep besides them and "Chinese Mitten Crabs". Out of curiosity I would like to know where some of you people buy your crabs. There are so many that I've never heard of before!

[Anne et Jean-Yves]

bonjour
,MP for you!
for my shop!
j-y

[Palinurus]

Hi

Our advantage in Central Europe is, hat the climate isn´t apt for most of the crabs, coming from warmer countries. So there ain´t a danger, if they escape or are abandoned. That´s different in USA which has all climates from subtropic to arctic.
Here we have a similar problem, because american crays are bred in great numbers, although they have nearly led to extinction of the few endemic cray species by spreading a disease, lethal for all non american crays.

Cheers
Wolfgang