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GBtortoises said:If your tortoise was recently purchased from a pet shop it is probably more likely a Middle Eastern Greek (Testudo gracea ssp.). This may be especially true given the respiratory infection issues that your tortoise is having. This is a very common aliment of newly imported, highly stressed T. gracea. Several hundred wild caught Middle Eastern Greeks have been imported again in the past couple of months. They've all been ranging around 4-5", are very diverse in color and patterns and have been collected from several different locations (and countries) within their natural range. Clear photos of the plastron, the head and from above would make identification easier.