Redfoot Hypomelanistic, Leucistic and Translucent?

[claireshot]

Hi this is Lucy she's 6 days old, is she hypo or leucistic ?

 

[Yvonne G]

Oh wow! She's a beauty. It will be interesting to watch her grow, to see if she changes.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Oh wow! She's a beauty. It will be interesting to watch her grow, to see if she changes.

Me too.
That's a spectacular one there!

 

[cdmay]

Um, is that a red-footed tortoise?
The prominent nuchal scute says no. Do you have images of the parents?

 

[zovick]

Um, is that a red-footed tortoise?
The prominent nuchal scute says no. Do you have images of the parents?

I am in agreement with Carl. The tortoise doesn't look like a Redfoot to me, either. In addition to the nuchal scute question, the head scalation doesn't look very Redfoot either.

Maybe it's a hybrid of some type.

 

[cdmay]

It is a simple thing to resolve. Show the parents.
Despite its somewhat pale color the neonate in the photo looks like a Testudo, likely a Testudo hermanni.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

It is a simple thing to resolve. Show the parents.
Despite its somewhat pale color the neonate in the photo looks like a Testudo, likely a Testudo hermanni.

I've got to admit that I think y'all are 100% correct.
I never looked at the entire photo on my phone.

 

[Yvonne G]

Sheesh! I took it for granted because the thread is in the redfoot section. I did wonder at a person in the UK having a RF tortoise. I guess because @claireshot is new to the Forum she made a mistake as to where she put her thread. Even so, it's a pretty unusual looking testudo. Once Clairshot comes back and clues us in I'll move the thread to where it belongs.