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JOHARRY · 04-06-2007, 09:59 PM

Hi
This is Clover. I think she is a Spur Thighed tort (you can't see on this pic but she does have little spurs on her thighs...). Any ideas?
Thanks very much
Jo

p.s. she looks a bit odd on the pic as I caught her busy munching on rose petals...is it ok for her to eat these?
J

**Eire_Ade** · 04-06-2007, 10:55 PM

Clover is a beauty,

if she has spurs on her back legs then she is likely to be a spur thigh, really you need a plastron picture too to identify the sub species as there a a number of different spur thigh tortoises.

Ade

**egyptiandan64** · 04-06-2007, 11:46 PM

Clover is a beauty

Like Ade said we will need a plastron shot to tell which subspecies she is. She is though North African.

How long is she?
Yes the rose petals are just fine Jo

Danny

KearasNana · 05-06-2007, 08:44 PM

Clover is stunning I love the picture!

JOHARRY · 05-06-2007, 08:48 PM

Hi here are some more shots of Clover. You will see she only has one eye...I understand that this happened in hibernation many years ago. She was with her last family forty years and I have had her about 18mths. She lives with my other lady who is poorly at the moment

Clover is just over 3.5kg and is 11 inches long ...
What sub species do you think she may be?
Many thanks
Jo

Henry-flash · 05-06-2007, 08:52 PM

My first thought is Nothern morrocan T.g.graeca. I was thinking whitie, but she doesn't appear to have ivory coloured spurs.

**egyptiandan64** · 06-06-2007, 01:29 AM

I'm going with T. g. whitei

She may not have the really white spurs, but the huge 2nd, 3rd and 4th vertebral scutes say whitei to me.

Danny

JOHARRY · 06-06-2007, 08:47 AM

Thanks chaps - that's very interesting and I appreciate the help. To me though she will always just be Clover...

Nice to know a bit more about her possible background though and where her 'wild' spiritual home may be.
Thanks
Jo

04-06-2007, 09:59 PM	#1
JOHARRY Member Egg Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 55	clover... Hi This is Clover. I think she is a Spur Thighed tort (you can't see on this pic but she does have little spurs on her thighs...). Any ideas? Thanks very much Jo p.s. she looks a bit odd on the pic as I caught her busy munching on rose petals...is it ok for her to eat these? J

04-06-2007, 10:55 PM	#2
Eire_Ade Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 8,422	Clover is a beauty, if she has spurs on her back legs then she is likely to be a spur thigh, really you need a plastron picture too to identify the sub species as there a a number of different spur thigh tortoises. Ade __________________ Ade ----------------------------------------------- Y.O.B 1971 (40 years young! ) My Tortoises :- Dug (Testudo Graeca Ibera Terrestris (Syrian), Penny, JJ (JennyJack), Buttons and Gem (Testudo Graeca Ibera)

04-06-2007, 11:46 PM	#3
egyptiandan64 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: USA Posts: 14,171	Clover is a beauty Like Ade said we will need a plastron shot to tell which subspecies she is. She is though North African. How long is she? Yes the rose petals are just fine Jo Danny __________________

05-06-2007, 08:44 PM	#4
KearasNana Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 1,795	Clover is stunning I love the picture! __________________

05-06-2007, 08:52 PM	#6
Henry-flash Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 9,304	My first thought is Nothern morrocan T.g.graeca. I was thinking whitie, but she doesn't appear to have ivory coloured spurs. __________________ Peter Keeping: Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca (graeca & ibera ), Testudo horsfieldi, Astrochelys radiata, Malacochersus tornieri and Kinixys belliana. The North West Tortoise Group

05-06-2007, 08:48 PM	#5
JOHARRY Member Egg Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 55	Hi here are some more shots of Clover. You will see she only has one eye...I understand that this happened in hibernation many years ago. She was with her last family forty years and I have had her about 18mths. She lives with my other lady who is poorly at the moment Clover is just over 3.5kg and is 11 inches long ... What sub species do you think she may be? Many thanks Jo

06-06-2007, 01:29 AM	#7
egyptiandan64 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: USA Posts: 14,171	I'm going with T. g. whitei She may not have the really white spurs, but the huge 2nd, 3rd and 4th vertebral scutes say whitei to me. Danny __________________

06-06-2007, 08:47 AM	#8
JOHARRY Member Egg Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 55	Thanks chaps - that's very interesting and I appreciate the help. To me though she will always just be Clover... Nice to know a bit more about her possible background though and where her 'wild' spiritual home may be. Thanks Jo

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