TimothyTraddle
New Member
Hello everyone, I am hoping some of you great people can help me.
Someone brought me a tortoise because the previous owners were neglecting him and didn't want him anymore, so I took him in.
He came to me in a bad condition and he has some trauma to his shell.
Because his shell is damaged I am struggling to identify what species he is.
I think he is a Common Padloper (Homopus areolatus) but I am not 100% sure.
Could anyone perhaps help me in identifying him?
Thank you in advance for any input.
![Timmy2.jpg Timmy2.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/287/287763-cb4e3af04a453c01f0a6bfc8e4d503cf.jpg)
Someone brought me a tortoise because the previous owners were neglecting him and didn't want him anymore, so I took him in.
He came to me in a bad condition and he has some trauma to his shell.
Because his shell is damaged I am struggling to identify what species he is.
I think he is a Common Padloper (Homopus areolatus) but I am not 100% sure.
Could anyone perhaps help me in identifying him?
Thank you in advance for any input.
![Timmy1.jpg Timmy1.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/287/287762-0e5d983f8c244131e0aad13906370be4.jpg)
![Timmy2.jpg Timmy2.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/287/287763-cb4e3af04a453c01f0a6bfc8e4d503cf.jpg)