???Species???

[Dobver]

Any ideas??

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Can you take a close up picture of the head/face.
It looks like a Gopherus species or possibly a Sulcata.
But that photo doesn't show much detail

 

[Dobver]

Can you take a close up picture of the head/face.
It looks like a Gopherus species or possibly a Sulcata.
But that photo doesn't show much detail

Sounds promising.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Where is "Bucks"? If it's SE England, it certainly isn't a North American indigenous tortoise!
Did you just find him wandering?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

@Tom
Is this a sulcata?

 

[Toddrickfl1]

Old greek or egyptian I think?

 

[TeamZissou]

Looks like an old eastern Hermanns. Definitely not a sulcata, gopher, or Egyptian.

Post some photos of the plastron (bottom of the shell) if you can.

Someone probably released this tortoise.

 

[Krista S]

To me this looks like a very old Eastern Hermann’s as well. Very much a Hermann’s face.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Definitely not a Sulcata....

 

[Yvonne G]

Can you take a close up picture of the head/face.
It looks like a Gopherus species or possibly a Sulcata.
But that photo doesn't show much detail

Probably a Greek or Hermanni, as I've never seen Gopherus in the UK

 

[zovick]

Sounds promising.

Not a Gopherus ssp. or a sulcata. Looks as though it could be a Golden Greek to me, but I would recommend asking @HermanniChris for a definitive ID.

 

[Yossarian]

Why not ill give it a shot, I think its a hermanns of some variety, bulbous head, shell shape, neither quite right for a greek.

 

[TeamZissou]

Why not ill give it a shot, I think its a hermanns of some variety, bulbous head, shell shape, neither quite right for a greek.

Glad you're back in the species guessing game!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Probably a Greek or Hermanni, as I've never seen Gopherus in the UK

Me either. The short face had me puzzled until I saw the posters location.

 

[HermanniChris]

Testudo hermanni boettgeri, no doubt.

 

[zovick]

Testudo hermanni boettgeri, no doubt.

Thanks, Chris.

 

[Lyn W]

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