Recent content by fred gaal

It looks like a Geochelone elegans, to be sure you could place a plastron picture.

Yours is a beauty for sure. I have in the same clutches torts with cherry head plastron and also with a nothern plastron, that and the size from the parents makes me sure that they are not 100% cherry head. The parents from the marbelt are the same as from the albino. This year I only breed...

Thanks, I'm sure there must be cherry head blood in them. The parents are cb but to large for a cherry head, about 5 to 6 KG. Can you post a picture from the plastron of yours?

Here the pictures I did promise

Sorry, I dont now how you mean it, No Cherry head gen at your torts? Why hard to reach?

Are you sure there is not a litle Cherry head gen in you adult red foots? I have also two aduts whos hatchling marbeling, but I think there is l litle cherry head blood in them. I hope I will think off it and take some pictures this weekend, otherwise rmember me>.

The article is from 2006, by a German : Hans-Jurgen Bidmon, and a American : Ralph Hoekstra. The magazine has a good name, but I agree I beleef it when I see it, but still interesting for me.

I did take a picture from a picture in a magazine(sorry its not a good one my scan is not working), as you see these two platynota look realy different. The author is also telling that the ones with the small lines are more morning and night active, and the ones with the wide lines are more day...

Thanks for the picture, yours look great, they are cb in the USA or from thailand? I see two different types of stars in your group. When you take the three below in the picture, the one in the middel has no spots where the stars start. I did read there are 2 types, 1 with small lines and the...

Here the pictures. This one lookes like yours, the lines are all conectet And this one have spots between the lines. I hope you now what I mean, its a bit difficult to explane in english Here a picture from the 4 Sorry, I thought the post was not placet, so I did it a...

Here the 2 different shell pattern I talked about. This one lookes like yours, the lines are all connectet And this one have more spots between the lines. I hope you understand how I mean it, its a bit difficult for me to explane it in English Here a picture from the 4

Namles Tortoise Species: Chelonoidis carbonaria (albino) Taken by: Fred Gaal

Very nice platynota you have, how many do you keep? I'm very glad that I can agree its a great species, I did get my one 4 2 weeks ago, realy great. Can you post pics from the shell, because mine look to have 2 different pattern, I will post them tomorrow.

Thanks all for the compliments. They realy have a good appetite. Yes, they are realy wanted, so a few I did sell.

This will be a very nice colourd one in a few years. some pictures from the larger albino, its more than 6 inchess now. The yellow albino.