Hello all I'm new

[Conor]

I recently received a tortoise from a friend, but they weren't sure of his/her species, and I want to know his species to plan his/her diet etc, could you all help me with his species and how to determine age and gender?

Thank you
Conor

 

[Jodie]

Welcome to the forum. I am not sure. One of the stars maybe. Others will be a long with an answer. Just wanted to say welcome and congrats. Very pretty tortoise!

 

[Conor]

I think he's a serrated tortoise, could anyone have a look and let me know?

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello Conor

 

[Speedy-1]

Hi and welcome Conor , I am not sure but it is a pretty Tort !

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Conor, and welcome to the Forum!

You have a star tortoise. I don't know how to tell the two sub species apart.

Indian star tortoise, Geochelone elegans

Size: 20 to 38cm

Range: Extreme Southeastern Pakistan, Western India, Peninsula India and Sri Lanka


Burmese star tortoise, Geochelone platynota

Size: 24 to 26cm

Range: Central Myanmar

 

[Conor]

I'm from South Africa so I don't know about those

 

[AnimalLady]

Wow, what a gorgeous tortoise! I have no idea what species it is, but Welcome to the forum!

 

[Carol S]

Welcome to the Forum.

 

[Yvonne G]

I'm from South Africa so I don't know about those

In that case, your new star tortoise came from a pet shop. They're not native to SA.

Let's send a shout-out to @Neal . He raises star tortoises and may be able to tell which kind it is. But they're sometimes hard to I.D. when young.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Welcome.
That's a tortoise to be proud of!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello, Conor, and a very warm welcome to Tortoise Forum.
You have a very beautiful star tortoise there, probably an Indian Star but a shot of the plastron (the underneath) would help a star keeper know for sure.
Have a look at http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
and our Star tortoise section has lots of info http://www.tortoiseforum.org/forums/indian-star-and-burmese-star-tortoises.94/

 

[Conor]

This is his underbelly

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Like i say, i'm not a star keeper, but the=at looks like an Indian star tortoise to me as it has stars on the plastron.
I understand Burmese stars have big black triangles, but no star patterns.
So I'd say Indian Star!