Today star turtles, map turtles and other protected species can commonly be seen in public aquariums. The beautiful East Asian box turtle that is often seen in home aquariums can go for as much as NT $ 3-4,000. According to the results of the TRAFFIC survey, consumers in Taiwan can order over the phone more than 200 species of turtles from dealers who sell to people stocking their home aquariums.
前幾年流行養巴西龜，今天星龜、地圖龜等許多保育龜在水族館普遍可見，水族箱裡漂亮的保育類東亞箱龜可以賣到三、四千元，根據「野生物貿易調查委員會」的調查指出，國內水族館業者可以電話訂到兩百多種烏龜。