Giancarlo Minotti
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Could I get help figuring out what breed of tortoise this is?
I agree the color does look a little desert tortoisey, but I've had sulcatas that were dark and had that sort of patterning with the dots in each scute. The leg scales are sort of in-between the two species.I would be more inclined towards desert tortoise.
I wondered about the spots in centers of the scutes but then I saw plenty of baby pictures of sulcatas that did have those dots.
Nah chacos when they are babies are very distinguishable from deserts and Sulcatas.I agree the color does look a little desert tortoisey, but I've had sulcatas that were dark and had that sort of patterning with the dots in each scute. The leg scales are sort of in-between the two species.
The deciding factor for my guess is the lack of a nuchal scute. DTs have one. Sulcatas don't.
Maybe we're all wrong and its a little Chaco baby. Those don't have a nuchal scute either, and that might explain why the leg scales don't really fit on a DT or a sulcata. I have zero experience with Chaco babies.