Future4Animals
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Does Anybody have a really domed Russian tortoise? Out of my group of 10. I have this really domed female. She is much more narrow than any of the others. The pictures are not doing the dome part justice. She also has this interesting leopard pattern on the shell.
I know there are three subspecies and they are difficult to tell apart. I've seen a lot of Russians over the years. And this particular female seems much different. According to the one link below, appears to be a T.h.rustamovi. Have you come across any?
3 main subspecies :
T. h. horsfieldii (T. h. h.)
T. h. kazachstanica (T. h. k.)
T. h. rustamovi (T. h. r.)
I know there are three subspecies and they are difficult to tell apart. I've seen a lot of Russians over the years. And this particular female seems much different. According to the one link below, appears to be a T.h.rustamovi. Have you come across any?
3 main subspecies :
T. h. horsfieldii (T. h. h.)
T. h. kazachstanica (T. h. k.)
T. h. rustamovi (T. h. r.)
The Russian Tortoise subspecies
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Russian Subspecies discussion thread
I finally got around to taking pictures :D The first is T.h.horsfieldii. They are domed and almost as wide as they are long. T.h.horsfieldii The next is T.h.rustamovi. They are domed, but long and narrow. T.h.rustamovi Danny[hr] Next is T.h.kazachstanica. They are flat and...
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