Thank you so much! I am in France, and a lot of people pretend to have varoise Hermann's here - some of them probably do, but it looks like it's more likely to find them on the black market... Those pictures were sent by a "respectable" breeder for the babies and a private individual for the...
Hi everyone,
I'm currently looking to buy hermann's tortoises, and I am specifically looking for Varoise western hermann's tortoises.
One of the breeder I contacted sent me this picture :
Can anyone confirm that they're actually western hermann's?
And an other person sent me these...
I saw that "Females may reach weights of over 1,000 grams" on Chris's website, that's why I assumed that mine was exceptionaly big, but if you're right 12 inches is not that unusual.
Hi everyone!
I've had this tortoise since 2003 when she was a hatchling, and I know she comes from Morocco. I compared her to pictures and she looks exactly like a marokkensis, but she's huge, like twice as big as the biggest (she weighs 3.5kg, 7.7lbs). Can you experts confirm that she is indeed...
Whoops! Thought I had the smallest subspecies, turns out it's the biggest... Good thing I have a big garden. Thanks :)
Edit: Oh I just realized who had answered me, you're Chris from Garden State Tortoise!! I've watched all your videos, thank you so much for all the tips and the good content...
Here's my beautiful greek tortoise. Any idea what subspecies she is? She's almost 3. I suspect nabeulensis, but I'm not an expert. Thanks everyone!
And some pics from when she was younger: