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Mgridgaway · 10-30-2012, 11:25 AM

I always read that Russians can get up to 8" shell length, but I've never actually seen one that large. I don't think I've seen one above 6", to be honest. Can anyone show me their big Russians!?

Matt, from Maryland
0.0.2 Redfoots (Harper and Darwin)
0.0.1 Leopard (Olive)
1.0.0 Green Iguana (Ferdinand)

TortoiseBoy1999 · (This post was last modified: 10-30-2012 12:41 PM by TortoiseBoy1999.)

Mine is 7" Smile

And it's a female Big Grin

TortoiseBoy1999 Wrote:Mine is 7" And it's a female

pdrobber · 10-30-2012, 03:04 PM

I have two large females, but no pics to post today.

That first picture of Sandy is great, something about the way her carapace looks makes me think Sulcata/Leopard...

Mgridgaway · 10-30-2012, 04:42 PM

That's a big russian! Keep them coming!

pdrobber · 10-30-2012, 06:42 PM

Here's my biggest Russian girl, almost 8" currently
[Image: F1_3.jpg]

And my second largest, almost 7" currently
[Image: F3_1.jpg]

And the two along with my other two larger females in the weed pen this past summer...
[Image: IMG_20120814_114231.jpg]

Utah Lynn · 10-31-2012, 08:19 AM

Here is a pic of my girl, Lola. Approximately 14 years.
[Image: 292mnmu.jpg]

DesertGrandma · 10-31-2012, 08:21 AM

(10-30-2012 12:39 PM)TortoiseBoy1999 Wrote: Mine is 7" And it's a female

TortoiseBoy1999 Wrote:Mine is 7" And it's a female

That's a handsome tort!!!

biochemnerd808 · 11-03-2012, 06:58 PM

My female is about 30, and she is almost 8 inches long. The male that shares an enclosure with her is 5.5 inches long, the other (a very senior male, who lives in his own tort table) is 6 inches, but VERY heavy and dense!

(10-30-2012 11:25 AM)Mgridgaway Wrote: I always read that Russians can get up to 8" shell length, but I've never actually seen one that large. I don't think I've seen one above 6", to be honest. Can anyone show me their big Russians!?