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judymoody
22-05-2007, 02:58 PM
Hi I have obtained a new tortoise from a friend and her and I were completely baffled as to what species she/he is. The tortoise weighs 510 grams and is 143mm long. On either side of her legs she/he has two scales wich are slightly larger than the rest and on his/her head he has a patch of colour that is slightly lighter than the rest of his body. Please help!
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http://i11.tinypic.com/4y799pt.jpg
http://i12.tinypic.com/52l9g8g.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/6bn62h0.jpg
http://i18.tinypic.com/4lz6iag.jpg

Thanks :D

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judymoody
22-05-2007, 02:59 PM
sorry i did not know the ics would be so big! lol :lol: :D
egyptiandan64
22-05-2007, 04:15 PM
Hi Judy,
You have a female Greek tortoise, Testudo graeca ibera :D She looks great :D

Danny
sandy
22-05-2007, 04:15 PM
Looks like a female ibera, although not a good shot of the tail.
thedeadtroll
22-05-2007, 07:41 PM
great looking tort

welcome on board
judymoody
23-05-2007, 01:29 PM
awwwwwwwwwwww jeez thanks guys! :D
egyptiandan64
23-05-2007, 03:28 PM
Now that I know where you are Judy :D and this has been nagging at me :wink: You don't have an ibera greek. Your greek does look like the greeks from the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in Iran. They have tentatively been call Testudo graeca buxtoni. There aren't many pictures of them out there so I had to search :shock: but I do have a couple pictures :D
Your second tortoise isn't ibera either :D From your one picture she looks like T. g. terrestris, but if you could post some carapace and plastron shots we could tell for sure.

Danny
judymoody
10-06-2007, 01:49 PM
really :?:
judymoody
10-06-2007, 01:50 PM
i will post some pics soon
judymoody
10-06-2007, 02:29 PM
ok this is the other tortoise sorry the pictures aren't great its because my sister broke the camera so I used the webcam for the last pic. The last picture shows an injured shell but it has been checked by the vet all ready but it won't normall again. :cry: http://i14.tinypic.com/52kldoy.jpg and http://i10.tinypic.com/4q92k2u.jpg and http://i10.tinypic.com/4q92k2u.jpg
sorry they are so big i dont know how to resize them!
egyptiandan64
10-06-2007, 09:40 PM
Hi Judy,
Your second tortoise is a T. graeca terrestris, most likely from Jordan. :D

Danny
judymoody
12-06-2007, 03:40 PM
Thanks! So I can't keep my two tortoises together???