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My new torts. So happy! Supposedly these guys are out of Namibia. 
New Pardalis Pardalis!
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The PP I always have seen has two spots on each scute and freckled/spotted skin.
These are very cute just not what I'm used too seeing for PP's, kinda weird.
These are very cute just not what I'm used too seeing for PP's, kinda weird.
Jay Bagley
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Congrats on your new torts. Very cute.
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I have Babcocki as well and these guys have darker speckled skin but hard to see unless you see their necks.
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Cute babies. Where did you acquire them ? If you’re in the USA there isn’t anyone that claims to have a pure line from Namibia.
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Thanks, I guess they may not be directly from Namibia, but south Africa somewhere. I got them from Underground Reptiles.
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They look like mixed pp/pb babies. Which is likely why they made up some story of Namibia to explain why they don't look like typical PP in the states.
Here are some links to actualy namibia leopard babies in the wild. They don't resemble yours. It's very likely they made up that story just to charge more for mixed pp/pb babies. I see this kind of stuff all the time nowadays. They are still beautiful tortoises though
https://www.flickr.com/photos/msneu...JeB-91nkDy-4j7oJ6-6dJWwP-TMkFoC-cvZFs9-9ybkMp
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smart...FtB-4qSdq7-c8mw3N-9CBSYj-j8qRrz-r9UzkC-Qd6hjv
https://www.flickr.com/photos/28948...DUp-ho21Qi-9BdFtB-4qSdq7-c8mw3N-9CBSYj-j8qRrz
Your tortoise baby were beautiful but sorry man there were just some mixed. Hard to trust internet seller now a day .
