NEW DIAGRAMS-T. h. boetteri vs. T. h. hercegovinensis vs. T. h. hermanni

[HermanniChris]

I e-mailed Josh about changing the diagrams I made and posted in the above sticky thread to these new ones, but I figured I'd post them here for now as I'm sure he's pretty busy.

T. h. boettgeri vs. T. h. hercegovinensis vs. T. h. hermanni
(Proper differentiation of Hermann's tortoise subspecies)

I have decided to re-do these diagrams and also include Testudo hermanni hercegovinensis this time.

TESTUDO HERMANNI BOETTGERI/TESTUDO HERMANNI HERCEGOVINENSIS/TESTUDO HERMANNI HERMANNI















Testudo Hermanni Hermanni:



Testudo hermanni boettgeri



Testudo hermanni hercegovinensis

[JustAnja]

Looks great Chris

[HermanniChris]

Thanks Anja, long time no talk

[spikethebest]

wow!!! very nice diagrams!!! very well explained and put together. you should submit that to some journal, magazine, rescue group...something!

[helensky]

hi chris, I know this thread is long dead but I was looking at your pictures and was wondering (forgive me, I'm in an inquisitive mood today) about the THH on the carapacial markings picture and his abnormal scute - how interesting! Was s/he hatched like that? Do you know why?

[ch12ag]

Fantastic!! Everything points to mine being a T. h. hermanni!! thanks Chris much appreciated!

[HermanniChris]

It is very common for tortoises to be born with abnormal scute arrangements due to incubation temperatures that are too high, so yes they are born like that.

[LaraAngela]

That's very well laid out...helps that they shots are good too.