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    Please help me with tortoise identification and other questions.

    emysemys - you didn't read my species of turtle correctly. i have a chinese yellow-margined box turtle, Cuora flavomarginata. The link you provided is for it's relative, the Chinese 3-striped box turtle, Cuora trifasciata.
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    Please help me with tortoise identification and other questions.

    wow thanks for all the great info thus far. what i'm thinking at this point is to let the turtle continue his reign of the entire yard, but fence off a designated area for the tortoise. i have an area about 4 feet by 20 feet that would be good. would this type of barrier be enough to keep...
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    Please help me with tortoise identification and other questions.

    haha, yes kimber it is the same! Interesting that they originally thought him a Russian. We are very excited to add the little guy to our family!
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    Please help me with tortoise identification and other questions.

    I appreciate all the help so far! So far 2 votes for Russian, one for Hermanns. So I'm still waiting for some more answers to make it more clear. I'm so glad i came on here, the pathogen issue is something that I would have never even thought of. Thank you! This concerns me because now I'm...
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    Please help me with tortoise identification and other questions.

    One more thing - I live in Southern California.
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    Please help me with tortoise identification and other questions.

    Hello everybody, I'm hoping someone can help me identify my family's new pet. We got this guy (?) from the local rescue shelter. They claim he's a "Hermann's Turtle," but from my research I'm guessing he's a Russian Tortoise. What do you all think? I also need advice on his care. I...
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