Thanks, I agree it's so hard. The nuchal scute ("v" near his neck) is less sharp and pronounced on the "found" tortoise than on mine, but again I wonder if the rubbing off of ridges and outer layers could explain that. As you see from the early photos of mine, ours had lots of sort of textural...
Hi All,
This is a long shot but I'm looking for help from any sleuths who are good at spotting unique scute patterns and other features that might help ID my Russian tortoise (male, est age 15-20 years old) who has been missing for a few years. Back story: We lost our Hermanetta in upstate NY in...