Eastern or western ?

Hhollylouise

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Im hoping i can get some help ive been trying for a while to figure out what sort of type of hermann tortoise i have im hoping to get others opinion i believe i was told shes western hermann but cant remember to well shes now 10 months old
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Michael Bird

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Looks like an Eastern Hermann's to me. This link has pictures and description to show the differences:
https://www.hermannihaven.com/comparing-hermann-s-tortoise-subspe

Yours has a little more black on the plastron than the picture in that link, similar to my Eastern male, but nowhere near enough solid black to be a Western. And the shape of the scutes on the plastron are also signs of an Eastern variety.
 

Hhollylouise

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Looks like an Eastern Hermann's to me. This link has pictures and description to show the differences:
https://www.hermannihaven.com/comparing-hermann-s-tortoise-subspe

Yours has a little more black on the plastron than the picture in that link, similar to my Eastern male, but nowhere near enough solid black to be a Western. And the shape of the scutes on the plastron are also signs of an Eastern variety.
Thank you
Looks like an Eastern Hermann's to me. This link has pictures and description to show the differences:
https://www.hermannihaven.com/comparing-hermann-s-tortoise-subspe

Yours has a little more black on the plastron than the picture in that link, similar to my Eastern male, but nowhere near enough solid black to be a Western. And the shape of the scutes on the plastron are also signs of an Eastern variety.
Looks like an Eastern Hermann's to me. This link has pictures and description to show the differences:
https://www.hermannihaven.com/comparing-hermann-s-tortoise-subspe

Yours has a little more black on the plastron than the picture in that link, similar to my Eastern male, but nowhere near enough solid black to be a Western. And the shape of the scutes on the plastron are also signs of an Eastern variety.
Looks like an Eastern Hermann's to me. This link has pictures and description to show the differences:
https://www.hermannihaven.com/comparing-hermann-s-tortoise-subspe

Yours has a little more black on the plastron than the picture in that link, similar to my Eastern male, but nowhere near enough solid black to be a Western. And the shape of the scutes on the plastron are also signs of an Eastern variety.
Thank you , I've also read eastern Hermann are a-lot larger then western and shes already a-lot bigger then they say western tortoises of her age should be so i was leaning towards eastern from that anyway as shes not over weight but from them pictures on your link i definitely believe shes eastern so thank you IMG_4369.jpeg
 
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