Is marbling in red foots specific to a particular type of red foot tortoise i.e. Brazilian or Cherry Head?
I saw a red foot today that had significant marbling and it didn't look like any cherry heads or Brazilians I have seen.
The shell colour in the non-marbled areas were light brownish like a regular red foot as opposed to a black colour that is more common with brazillians and cherry heads. So with the marbling, can it be concluded that this guy is a Brazilian or a cherry head or can the marbling effect occur in any type of red foots?
Another thing, this guy wasn't too large so my guess is that it's around 1 to 2 years old and in most pictures I've seen of marbled red foots around that age, the marbled area makes up only a small fraction of the scute. However, in this guy, the marbling makes up a large percentage of the scute almost to the point where the marbling goes all the way up to the beige center part of the scute and the tortoise kind of looks almost ivory.
I saw a red foot today that had significant marbling and it didn't look like any cherry heads or Brazilians I have seen.
The shell colour in the non-marbled areas were light brownish like a regular red foot as opposed to a black colour that is more common with brazillians and cherry heads. So with the marbling, can it be concluded that this guy is a Brazilian or a cherry head or can the marbling effect occur in any type of red foots?
Another thing, this guy wasn't too large so my guess is that it's around 1 to 2 years old and in most pictures I've seen of marbled red foots around that age, the marbled area makes up only a small fraction of the scute. However, in this guy, the marbling makes up a large percentage of the scute almost to the point where the marbling goes all the way up to the beige center part of the scute and the tortoise kind of looks almost ivory.