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This little guy (or girl- it's too little to tell which!) was rescued by my 8 year old from the middle of our busy road around 4 PM yesterday. It's brother (or sister) was hit by a car and smooshed flat. We know it is a tortoise but are trying to determine what kind. Rumor has it we have a neighbor who owns tortoises that laid eggs but we're new to the neighborhood & don't know who it is (door to door last night wasn't successful). It's a newly built neighborhood on the edge of Tucson, AZ so it could also be a native Sonoran Desert Tortoise, which are protected and require a license to own. We're between the desert & a dried up wash and with the weather changing it could have been moving from a summer home to a winter home.
Little about the tortoise- it's about 2.5 inches long. It's light brown and greenish/dark grey. I know it's a little dirty in the picture. I'll try to clean it up & take more pictures tonight. Any ideas would be appreciated! If it's a smaller tortoise breed (under 12 inches) we'd gladly keep it, but if it's a larger breed we just don't have the resources to care for it.
Little about the tortoise- it's about 2.5 inches long. It's light brown and greenish/dark grey. I know it's a little dirty in the picture. I'll try to clean it up & take more pictures tonight. Any ideas would be appreciated! If it's a smaller tortoise breed (under 12 inches) we'd gladly keep it, but if it's a larger breed we just don't have the resources to care for it.