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    Help with identification of my new tortoise

    Thanks Chris. Back to a male then. I've got some books coming in and been trying to read through some of the threads on this forum so will find my way through. It does get very rainy and frosty here in the winter so not at all like Morocco which I believe is here he came from. I'll keep...
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    Help with identification of my new tortoise

    Thanks Chris. Here are some more. I noticed there are these spurs - does this make male? I live in Kent in England and winters aren't that bad - it gets to about minus 2 degrees celsius at the very, very worst but I heard they like to hibernate from October at between 3 to 7 degrees. all...
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    Help with identification of my new tortoise

    Thanks. I think so too. She's such a good natured lady. I've posted a couple of pics from her morning constitutional. I've got to figure out how old she is now and what her hibernation period will be. Do you know if I should start a new thread on this? Such a newbie.
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    Help with identification of my new tortoise

    Testudo graeca graeca - goodness this is exciting news. Thanks again. Now I can do some in depth studying on this. Thanks for all your help HermanniChris.
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    Help with identification of my new tortoise

    LOL - well that's awkward! I'm very happy to have a girl too though. I'll take some other pictures of her so I can continue my quest to decipher her species. I really thought it would be Hermann. Thanks again though Jabutica.
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    Help with identification of my new tortoise

    Thank you so much Jabutica and Flintus. I have posted a pic of his plastron. I am pretty sure it's a he anyway! What do you think?
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    Help with identification of my new tortoise

    Hi, very happy to have a new member to our family. I received a lovely present from a friend but she didn't know what type of tortoise it was. I think it is a hermanns tortoise but I am not sure. Could anyone out there help please? With thanks.
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