15-07-2008, 08:08 PM | #1 |
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3 tortoises for you to i.d.!
hi all ,
i've been emailed some pictures of tortoises by a customer at my girlfriends vets and because i know you enjoy seeing a nice tortoise picture or 6, i thought i'd post them here! tort one, pic 1&2 tort two = 3&4 tort three = 5&6 i have to say the pictures they sent were really nice, really clear. thanks everyone. Neil
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15-07-2008, 08:14 PM | #2 |
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i am always wrong soooo...
Female female female TGG TGI TGI
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15-07-2008, 08:18 PM | #3 |
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I'm inclined to say they are all T.g.ibera, the first two being female, the third male.
The second tort is stunning! Edit, looking at the first more closely theres a possibility its T.g.graeca, but I still lean more to T.g.ibera. See what everyone elses opinion is.
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15-07-2008, 08:22 PM | #4 |
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the second one really threw me off!!
where in the world would their origins be from? i'm not good with recognising the meds, i think the 'keyhole' shape on the back of 2 got me confused. N
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15-07-2008, 08:44 PM | #5 |
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All Mediterranean spurthighed(testudo graeca Ibera) , beautiful animals the last one Male has some rot to his fermoral scute its might need some attention througha vet jsut to check it out ,
They are all probably from the same region great varity in colour can be found with locality animals if you look all are roughly the same shape . Helen you arent always wrongat all and its an easy mistake to make from such an elderly animal especially as she has a round front vertebral scute which we know is a classic Tgg thing D
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I agree all T.g.ibera and of European origin and yes female, female, male
Danny
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15-07-2008, 09:38 PM | #7 |
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brilliant.
thanks for all of your help, the owner of these tortoises gave me a clutch of 5 eggs (he was going to chuck them otherwise) first 5 failed, .possibly due to human error but the second clutch that he gave me of nine eggs seem to be doing ok! i'm no expert and we'll see what happens mid august shame the colourful female didn't lay the eggs!! thanks again for all your input. Neil
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Oooops I meant male for the last one...I'm not that dim...that was a genuine error....but I guess TGG sometimes throw me!!
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