What Species is my Tortoise? (New to the forum)

[Coxy]

Hi everyone,

First of all Sorry if I've posted this in the wrong place I'm new to the forum! I'm 29 from Southport, England.

We've had a tortoise in my family since 1972 and he has looked the same from the day we found him. We've no idea of age and as far as I know that's hard to tell?

I was curious what species he is. Can anyone tell from these pictures? Hopefully the pictures have worked

Many thanks!

 

[tortadise]

Welcome. Looks like a Greek tortoise to me.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi, and welcome to the Forum!

He is one of the Greek tortoise species - Testudo Graeca. It's wonderful that you've had him so long. He looks great.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Welcome to the Forum. Love the last pix of your tort wth your roly poly hedgehog!

 

[Coxy]

Thank you all for the replies!

That's great to know. A family member found him in the street all those years ago and after advertising that we'd found him no one claimed so my mum and dad decided to look after him.

That hedgehog was sleeping next to Toby when I went out to check on him

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome!

 

[Tactical Tort]

Welcome! Very cool Tort!
Lol! Was wondering what that was! So cool! Never seen one in person!

 

[pam]

Welcome

 

[(r.t)]

Yes I think it could be a Greek tortoise, and welcome!

 

[Abdulla6169]

Welcome

 

[(r.t)]

Although Greek tortoises dot usually have such dark shells

 

[Abdulla6169]

Although Greek tortoises dot usually have such dark shells

That's something you may have noticed in some Greeks, but Anamurum Greek tortoises have this shell color
Edit: wait I'm not sure, but I know it is a Greek maybe it's a Syrian...

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello and welcome to the TFO from AZ, USA . Great looking Greek tort !


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[Ideraway]

Welcome

 

[Coxy]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome

 

[hessbrit]

Welcome!

 

[mypettorti]

There are 5 different species of Mediterranean tortoises these are the marginated tortoise, egyption tortoise, Russian tortoise (which is what I have), Herman tortoise and finally a testudinoidea.

Out of all of them I would say that yours looks most like the Greek tortoise as it has a very dark coloured shell where as the others usually tend to have lighter ones

Best of luck with your tort!