Is this a redfoot or a yellowfoot?

[andy farrow]

Hi everyone.Took delivery of shelly this week and all is going well. Only thing is she has yellow feet is this normal for a youngster??

 

[mike taylor]

Red foot

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Yellow "feet" usually means a Colombian region .carbonaria / redfoot.

Does shelly have this configuration of scales on the top of his head ? - the best way to tell.

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

Leg colour is variable on redfoots, ranging between yellow and red. It's not an age thing. Some locales of redfoots are more yellow, others more red.

 

[mike taylor]

It's a red footed Tortoise 100% sure of it . You can tell by the shell and the shape of its nose .

 

[andy farrow]

I bought her as a redfoot, just confused me with the yellow feet

 

[dmmj]

when I first had heard of red and yellow foot tortoises I naturally thought redleg redfoot Yellowlegs yellow foot but it has to do with the the nasal scale

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

Photos are quite blurry, but the prefrontal nasal scales look totally redfoot to me. The leg colour isn't actually what defines the two different species.

 

[andy farrow]

Sorry about the pic quality camera on my phone is playing up. she has one central nasal scale if that helps

 

[cdmay]

Yep, a red foot tortoise....sigh...common names are so confusing.

 

[MPRC]

My big redfoot is mostly yellow, my little one is mostly red. Funny how it works.

 

[andy farrow]

So in otherwords she is a yellowfooted redfoot . As long as she is healthy i'm happy.

 

[mike taylor]

Its a yellow red foot ,but still a red footed Tortoise .

 

[Anyfoot]

Yellow "feet" usually means a Colombian region .carbonaria / redfoot.

Does shelly have this configuration of scales on the top of his head ? - the best way to tell.

Terry, please tell me this is a picture of a yellowfoot.

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Terry, please tell me this is a picture of a yellowfoot.

andy asked if it was a redfoot or a yellowfoot.. so I posted a pic of a yellowfoot to show the difference. a redfoot has a distinct "nose-scale" on the tip of his nose.. a yellowfoot has the parallel bars that reach the tip of the nose.

 

[andy farrow]

Thanks everyone mine has a distinct "nose scale". So definitely a redfoot. Only had her for 3 days and eating well.

 

[Geochelone_Carbonaria]

That Redfoot with a yellow head and yellow feet, is most likely native to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta in Colombia. Here is my old male, that I've been trying to find two girlfriends for for years now... I had actually contact with a local breeder in Colombia a couple of years ago, that should send me two females to a distributor in the U.K. so I could get them over to Sweden. But that was postponed, and never happened.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

If you find yourself keeping several one day, the color variations of a Redfoot are wonderful. And variations are sought after.

 

[Geochelone_Carbonaria]

If you find yourself keeping several one day, the color variations of a Redfoot are wonderful. And variations are sought after.

You don't say ? I've got at least 30 at this very moment ! You can't have too many...

 

[ZEROPILOT]

You don't say ? I've got at least 30 at this very moment ! You can't have too many...

You are correct!