Can someone positively id this tortoise?
It doesn't look like the normal Florida gopher tortoises we are used to seeing. We're pretty sure it's not a gopher, but want to be 100% sure.
Showed up in a place where native tortoises normally aren't. (not sandhill/scrub area)
Caprice is bumpy, local native shells are fairly smooth.
Doesn't withdraw from people - like it's a pet? It will actually advance head towards you.
Seems to have no intentions of ever leaving porch where it was found.
It doesn't look like the normal Florida gopher tortoises we are used to seeing. We're pretty sure it's not a gopher, but want to be 100% sure.
Showed up in a place where native tortoises normally aren't. (not sandhill/scrub area)
Caprice is bumpy, local native shells are fairly smooth.
Doesn't withdraw from people - like it's a pet? It will actually advance head towards you.
Seems to have no intentions of ever leaving porch where it was found.