Very confused... greek or russian?

AngieD

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IMG_1819.jpg IMG_3917.jpg So, I have had my tort Cyril for 5 years, inherited him from someone else and was told he was a med spur thigh. He is currently in hibernation. So all was well until I was recently asked to rescue a horsefield tortoise - which I duly did. However, the two of them look remarkably similar, even down to the spurs on the inner thigh! So now I am confused - do I have 2 horsefields, do I have two spur thighs? Can anyone help identify? I have attached images of both (one the scales the other not...). Thanks in advance. Angie
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Back in the late 60s and early 70s what is referred to today as russian or horsefield were called 4 toed tortoises. And because of the cold war (among other reasons) they were very hard to come by. I didn't get my first one until 1973.
 

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Back in the late 60s and early 70s what is referred to today as russian or horsefield were called 4 toed tortoises. And because of the cold war (among other reasons) they were very hard to come by. I didn't get my first one until 1973.

So these are not Horsefield, but spur thigh?
 

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Russians also do not have "spurs" on the backs of their thighs.
 
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