My New Bumblebee

[Yellow Turtle]

There are pictures of my first Indotestudo Forstenii. He replaces my marginated tortoise since I would like to care for local tortoise.

He arrived like 4.5 hours ago and he looks good even after 24 hours air shipment.

Soaking picture after finished checking him upon arrival

He delivered a small poo after soaking him for 15 minutes, good sign

Bumblebee's forest based enclosure - he will be the temporary king here until more forstenii arrive

 

[LuckysGirl007]

Beautiful little guy!

 

[Alan RF]

Gorgeous

 

[yagyujubei]

Fantastic!

 

[laney]

He is lovely I have never heard of this type before, looks a bit Russian <3

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

Beautiful shell coloration! Congrats!

 

[morloch]

Very nice,, how large do they become?

 

[pam]

Soooooooooooooooooooo cute

 

[bigred]

Nice, Good looking little guy

 

[mainey34]

I too have never heard of bumblebee..nice looking. Thank you for sharing..

 

[Yellow Turtle]

Thank you all for the nice comments.

For those asking, Indotestudo forstenii origins from the rain forest in Sulawesi island, Indonesia. They are very similar to Indotestudo elongata, and the maximum size is around 30 cm. I see several breeders like Benjamin has successfully bred this species in US. So I really hope this species can be more popular for the pet owners everywhere

It looks a bit like russian, but I think much more color contrast for this species.

And Bumblebee is his name, not his species

 

[morloch]

Very nice thank you !! Available in Canada ? ,,, guessing no.

 

[laney]

Thank you all for the nice comments.

For those asking, Indotestudo forstenii origins from the rain forest in Sulawesi island, Indonesia. They are very similar to Indotestudo elongata, and the maximum size is around 30 cm. I see several breeders like Benjamin has successfully bred this species in US. So I really hope this species can be more popular for the pet owners everywhere

It looks a bit like russian, but I think much more color contrast for this species.

And Bumblebee is his name, not his species

Thanks for the info, really interesting and absolutely beautiful tort

 

[Tom]

Nice. Thanks for the pics.

 

[Yellow Turtle]

Thank you Tom. Can't wait to get a few more

 

[N2TORTS]

LQQKING GOOD ...............Nice set up to boot!