The tortoise has no nuchal scute and is rather large (judging by the relative size of the human hand to the tortoise). Both of those traits would indicate it to likely be a sulcata. The head scalation looks like that of a sulcata also from what I can see. It is a bit hard to see the leg scales in the photos, but I believe this is a sulcata which is a bit lighter in color than most, possibly due to old age.What do you guys think this is?? Picture taken from Facebook so I don’t have any other info. Assumed by owner to be a Sulcata.
I thought the front legs looked too smooth to be a Sulcata?The tortoise has no nuchal scute and is rather large (judging by the relative size of the human hand to the tortoise). Both of those traits would indicate it to likely be a sulcata. The head scalation looks like that of a sulcata also from what I can see. It is a bit hard to see the leg scales in the photos, but I believe this is a sulcata which is a bit lighter in color than most, possibly due to old age.
They do, but the way some people house them wears the leg scales down sometimes.I thought the front legs looked too smooth to be a Sulcata?
BeautifulHere is Dudley, Yvonne's Sulcata. He is over 120 pounds and is 30+ years, I think. His legs are smooth
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Here is Mary Knobbins, 4 to 7 years old and now 25 lbs. Her scales are very different
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What do you guys think this is?? Picture taken from Facebook so I don’t have any other info. Assumed by owner to be a Sulcata.
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Those white areas on the carapace look like old, dried up shell rot, although they are in areas where it is rather unusual to see itAre there other pictures? The (apparent) damage to the carapace at the top of the first picture, right of second seems pretty severe.