TORTOISE Faces and ID

[Redfoot NERD]

ID these tortoises please? Per.. Species / sub-species --

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Last but not least... nesting trance November 2, 2013

 

[FLINTUS]

1. Definite kinixys erosa
2. Well would say homeana but patterning throws me off a bit, some type of box turtle then?
3. Red Foot 'Cherry Head' form
4. Erosa again
5. Either a Galap or Aladabra but will go with the former, no idea on subspecies
6. Indian star
7. Radiated
8. I think pancake, but may be a S.African species
9. Yellow Foot

 

[mikeh]

#2. Manouria Emys Emys
#5. Aldabra
#9. Red Foot

 

[juli11]

Hi,

#2 could only be homeana or erosa.. I mean it is homeana..
Why do you think it is manouria?

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Sorry I looked at the wrong #. Sorry I think it is manouria too. :-D

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8 I think is homopus signatus ;-)

 

[FLINTUS]

Yes I think you're right about manouria. I thought about homophus for no.8, but isn't it a bit more colourful than usual for them? Mind you though, shape is wrong for pancake.

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Just looked on google images, have seen some more colourful signatus to what I'm used to, so I think you're right.

 

[juli11]

Yes I also think the tortoise is to "high" for a pancake...

 

[FLINTUS]

#2. Manouria Emys Emys
#5. Aldabra
#9. Red Foot

I think you're right about 2. 5 not sure, different to the subspecies of aladabra in Mauritius I saw, much wider face. While 9 does have red on the face, the scales are more like denticulate.

 

[Elohi]

#2 is incredibly pretty.

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Attempting to ID from only "faces / heads" is difficult at best -- ya'll have done great.. I'll give 'full-views' as we go to help with this!

Redfoot.. is one of the ones that is unique in head patterns - always having a "tip-of-nose-color" that keeps the parallel bars, etc. from reaching the nose!

These head patterns vary dramatically..



See the difference in the Yellowfoot..

 

[Redfoot NERD]

#2 -

This might clear this up..





A few new ones coming - are we having fun now?

 

[Elohi]

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This might clear this up..





A few new ones coming - are we having fun now?

WWWWWOOOOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!
Those are absolutely gorgeous! They almost sparkle!

 

[juli11]

Haha :-DD yes no I think it's manouria emys but emys emys or phareiy?

 

[mikeh]

Re: RE: TORTOISE Faces and ID

Haha :-DD yes no I think it's manouria emys but emys emys or phareiy?

Emys Emys

 

[Redfoot NERD]

#2 - Emys emys they are!

What are these.. [ see how good you guys are.. haha ] ? We're having fun.... not challenging!

Many years ago when I took these pics.. [ all but a few of these in this thread I owned and took the actual pics of ]

Someone here among us definitely knows what these are!!!





[ again not the best pics ]

Don't go away Elohi !!!

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#12 - These hatchlings I had in 2004 - these will be easy..

 

[FLINTUS]

10. MEP by any chance? When I first saw the black shell I though aladabra, but head is wrong.
11. Has to be Elongated IMO, or at least something from indotestudo
13. SPB

 

[juli11]

I think the first hat Galapagos and the second is elongata .

 

[TomAlicia]

Wow you guys are so good!!!! Feel like I'm reading a foreign language!!!! [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES][SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES][SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES][SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND SMILING EYES]

 

[mikeh]

#10 Aldabra again
#11 Elongated

 

[Redfoot NERD]

#12 -

This will give it away!.. wait til you see the full profile, etc. - wish I had kept this one out of the group -



Greg will clerify #10 - for us!

#8 - From the Knoxville ZOO



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One of the most "STRIKING & UNIQUE " tortoise species I've ever kept..

Male-





Female-





Look at those front legs!



I call them African Jungle/Swamp tortoises - this is where they thrived and actually made eggs for me! Those are Rose-of-Sharon shrubs.



They averaged 7" ~ 9" SCL ! And went crazy breeding, etc. in 65 degree RAIN!!!

[ turn speakers up ] Holding umbrella with one hand and camera with the other.. a little shaky!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgc3fuQYh84

 

[FLINTUS]

Well 12 is definitely SPP. 8 I agree with juli11, definitely from homophus, and probably signatus.
I thought you still kept your erosas? Did you really have them laying at 7 inches?
They definitely are cold and rain tolerant, mine have been out in 45 in rain and have been very content.

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Lowest breeding I've seen from them was at 55