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here are some other pics about radiated I met during the journey these are all CB juvenile animals as you can see

It's my pleasure Tom, I love to talk about these animals. I have many other pics to post, and not only about radiata..I only need to get my pc. Stay tuned!!

of course I do this is a male, you can see a male, concave plastron to make easier mount the female, big tail, and golar scutes to fight with other males. this is a female, as you can see the plastron is plain, the tail is small and the gular scutes are not so pronounced you can...

actually I think that even 9-10 years are enough to grown hatchling to full adult, but with luck and your good climate here in the south of US it should be. ok, let's go on with other pics this pics were taken in Taná, as they call Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar. This family run...

Tom, maybe you are right, and I hope so, you are for sure right about the other species you mentioned (perhaps G. platynota status is gonna be to upgraded, I read something like this last year), I am the first who said that A. radiata can breed faster than other species starting with full adult...

I was talking about radiated tortoises in the wild, however I know for sure that a radiata female need to reach more than 31 cm both in captivity and in the wild to breed successfully (may be can appen that a female breed smaller but the averages doesn't work this way), and this is not possible...

this is the very first time I read something like this.. It would be a pleasure to read something written by someone who can do this.. [hr] Generation time is considered as 42 years; the assessment is carried out by considering documented impacts over a period encompassing less than two past...

wow how many interesting answers.. People in Madagascar actually collect from the wild many old radiata specimens for many reasons (the same reasons why in Italy people use to collect wild animals from the wild until 40 yars ago), they just keep as pet, as we all do, they also sell to...

wow, she's not so old I think, when did you sell the male? this is an interesting proof, beacause despite what of what usually people says about tortoises, I never find so truth the fact that females tortoises keep the sperm for 2/3 years..

Hi will, this pics are amazing.. where did you and your friend met those animals? p.s. that's the darkest chersina I've ever seen!!

Hi Gigios! congrats! I would like to see the parents of those beauties too!!

It has been a very expensive trip, but do it as soon as you can, I have a contact there with a guy who organize Madagascar trips.. just let me know and I will put in touch with him so.. you want more pics? :D here is the male, my favorite one

this is the fair I was talking about http://reptilesupershow.com/san-diego/ it's easier for me to get there, only two hours by car from LA

In sept 2011 I've been to Madagascar, I took over 2000 pictures and I think over 1600 about tortoises and other reptiles :D It was Just like a dream, every corner of that land carry on small treasures of biodiversity.. but tortoises are breeded all over the country. here are the first pics...

here is the pictures of my hatchlings boettgeri VS hercegovinensis, as you can see the main difference between this two geographic variation. on the left boettgeri on the right hercegovinensis [hr] they have to stay in Italy because of the paperworks they need to move also from an...