Random turtle and tortoise photos from last weekend

Chunker wanting some more cactus
Erosa

Yearling cherry heads


Radiated

Texas tortoise

Pancake

Lobatse hingebacks

I've never seen a pancake in person, but wow they seem to defy the laws of anatomy!

Love them all~~~~

Thank you for sharing! !

firewire said:

I've never seen a pancake in person, but wow they seem to defy the laws of anatomy!

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They most certainly do. The plastron and carapace are actually pliable and soft on the plastron. Quite fantastic species they are.

bouaboua said:

Love them all~~~~

Thank you for sharing! !

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Your most welcome. I've been quite distant recently. I'll try and change that with my usual photo blasting.

Pancakes look so alien like. Very cool!

Big Ol Tortoise said:

Pancakes look so alien like. Very cool!

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They sure are indeed.

I think you should send me those lobatsiana

Are they all yours?!!!! The Aldabra is my favorite!!! Amazing pictures. I absolutely love them all. Unique and beautiful tortoises. I could look at pictures all day!

juli11 said:

I think you should send me those lobatsiana

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Haha. Soon, very soon I'll be sending some on loan and hopefully offspring to Germany.

GingerLove said:

Are they all yours?!!!! The Aldabra is my favorite!!! Amazing pictures. I absolutely love them all. Unique and beautiful tortoises. I could look at pictures all day!

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Yes they, along with many many more.

Can you post more pictures??

GingerLove said:

Can you post more pictures??

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Of course.

That is a lot of torts. And all very pretty! Love the pond turtle stacking.

Amazing!!!!!!! Thank you so much! What kind of turtle is that in the fourth picture?? It looks like a tortoise shell but then the face looks turtle. I thought maybe a box turtle but then I realized he appeared to be over water. I'm very curious as to what type he is.

tortadise said:

Haha. Soon, very soon I'll be sending some on loan and hopefully offspring to Germany.

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Hopefully I'll realize it sufficiently early but loan means they aren't for sell right?

GingerLove said:

Amazing!!!!!!! Thank you so much! What kind of turtle is that in the fourth picture?? It looks like a tortoise shell but then the face looks turtle. I thought maybe a box turtle but then I realized he appeared to be over water. I'm very curious as to what type he is.

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Yep that's a wood turtle from Guatemala. rhinnoclemies incisa.

juli11 said:

Hopefully I'll realize it sufficiently early but loan means they aren't for sell right?

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Correct. I've coordinated a partnership with an Austrian zoo and German zoo next september will visiting during the Hamm show and see there facilities and fork over some species that I've had extreme difficulty pairing up here in the United States. Turns out our thought to be zombensis is a domergyuie. So a collaborative effort is in place for reintroduction of offspring back to Madagascar.

Oxalis said:

That is a lot of torts. And all very pretty! Love the pond turtle stacking.

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Podocnemis take basking seriously. It cracks me up. It's hard to get all of them. But one time all 14 of them were dominoed. Most plop in the water once they see you. But some don't care.