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Tom said:Look again Kelly. The head shape and somewhat pointy nose DOES suggest Aldabra, but no nuchal scute.
Has to be one of the Galop ssp.
Tom said:I agree with the face shape observations, but there is NO nuchial scute which is one of the identifying features of an Aldabra. It can't be an Aldabra without a nuchial scute.
Tom said:I agree with the face shape observations, but there is NO nuchial scute which is one of the identifying features of an Aldabra. It can't be an Aldabra without a nuchial scute.
Weldd said:Beautiful growth on that Aldabra. Really perfect.
Baoh said:That obvious Aldabra tortoise and the yniphora both look great. Cannot quite tell about the sulcata, but it looks pretty decent from the fraction I can see. All three animals look well cared for and that Aldabra looks especially well raised.
emysemys said:Baoh: Are you saying the tan tortoise in the first picture isn't the yniphora?
emysemys said:Some Aldabs have a nuchal scute and some don't...I happen to have one of each. If you put an aldab face looking in a straight line right next to a galap face you will see that the level line through the eyes shows the aldab's nares to be below the eye line, while the galap's level line is right in line with the nares.