Hi everybody!
I came back with this good news:
My first Kinixys belliana zombensis hatchling!
The colors are very different from nogueyi and from zombensis/nogueyi crossbreed.
The carapace does not have small brown spots of nogueyi hatchlings, the head is yellow with black nose.
If I...
Hi everyone!
Some photos of my spotted turtles:
I bought them in 2008, the seller told me that it should come from South Carolina but I'm not sure.
Keep them outside most of the year in a waterland tub, in December I move them in an unheated room at about...
After much effort, here are some fresh eggs!
Usually this female lays 4 eggs at once, this time it has laid two.
I hope that this tortoise lay more eggs this year, last year has laid 8 eggs.
Hi you all!
I want to share with you some photos.
These tortoises are bred by a couple of my friends, Alessandro and his wife, Jitka, (these specimens are from the French Guiana)
They are very experienced, and reproduce a lot of babies
I hope that you enjoy the photos
These photos were taken by a friend of mine(Fabio) in a natural park in Antananarivo.
I think they are Madakinixys domerguei, even if wild populations are limited in an area of ​​100km square, near the island of Nosy Faly.
This is my group Lobatse hingeback.
It 'consists of one male and two adult females.
One of the females is really huge.
They are wc and come from South Africa..
I keep them in an outdoor enclosure from June / July until September (when the minimum temperatures are higher than 60 ° F) and...
Here are some of my Bell's hingebacks.
I like them because they have very different color.
The yellow male is my favorite
All these nogueyi come from Togo.
Nogueyi females:
Nogueyi males:
Zombensis female:
Hello everyone,
My name is Matteo and I live in Northern Italy.
I breed exotic tortoises since 1998.
I am interested in particular in the genus Kinixys.
Currently I breed Kinixys belliana nogueyi, K.b.zombensis, K.lobatsiana, K.homeana(small), Malacochersus tornieri and Testudo hermanni...