ID of a tortoise

[Pawciorc]

Hi all,

I found a thread for ID of this tort on another forum.
"Can anyone ID this tortoise? ... she was a childhood pet bought around 1968 .. she grew to about 14lbs ..so quite big, This is the only photo I have, she is now in a tortoise sanctuary after my parents passed away"

What species is it in your opinion? For me looks like elongated tortoise.

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

One of the Hingebacks, perhaps?




(Moderator note: See post made by HermanniChris below)

 

[Yvonne G]

That's what I was thinking too, Sarah. Hingeback


Moderator note: See post made by HermanniChris below

 

[Pawciorc]

Than you, so you agree that it is not a greek.

 

[Gillian M]

Than you, so you agree that it is not a greek.

At first sight I thought: "It's a Greek tort," like Oli.

 

[Yvonne G]

Oh, it's definitely NOT a testudo of any kind.




Moderator note: It IS a Greek - see post made by HermanniChris below

 

[Pawciorc]

@HermanniChris what do you think?

 

[HermanniChris]

Sorry guys but this is an Algerian T. graeca. No doubt about it.

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

Sorry guys but this is an Algerian T. graeca. No doubt about it.

Man, I'm so bad at iding Greeks. Very cool.

 

[Yvonne G]

Oh wow. It looks so different. I love the coloration on the shell. I'm going to make an edit to our wrong posts above so as to not confuse future readers of the thread.