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Hi all
I'm Davide and I'm from Italy.
I'm medicine student and I'm 25. Turtles and tortoises are my great passion
I keep these turtles and tortoises:
3.12 Testudo hermanni hermanni
0.0.1 Testudo marginata
0.0.2 Testudo graeca
2.3 Agrionemys horsfieldi
1.1 Geochelone (Centrochelys) sulcata
1.2 Geochelone (Stigmochelys) pardalis (I bred them last year)
1.1 Geochelone (Chelonoidis) carbonaria
1.1 Geochelone (Chelonoidis) carbonaria "cherry-head"
1.3 Kinixys belliana belliana
0.1 Indotestudo elongata
1.1 Geochelone elegans
0.0.1 Astrochelys radiata
0.0.3 Manouria emys emys
2.1 Cuora (Cistoclemmys) flavomarginata
0.1 Terrapene carolina triunguis

swampy:
1.3 Cuora amboinensis
1.0 Goemyda spengleri
1.1 Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni
1.0 Rhinoclemmsy pulcherrima incisa

aquatic:
1.1 Staurotypus salvinii (I bred them this year)
1.1 Mauremys japonica
1.1 Chinemys reevesii
0.1.1 Ocadia sinensis
1.1 Emydura subglobosa
1.0 Chelus fimbriatus
0.0.2 Clemmys guttata
0.0.2 Emys orbicularis
0.2 Sacalia bealei
2.4 Trachemys scripta elegans
1.6 Pseudemys concinna concinna
1.1 Graptemys kohni
1.1 Pseudemys nelsoni
1.2 Sternotherus carinatus
0.0.1 Malaclemys terrapin centrata

I love them...this is my great passion
Best regards

Welcome, someone else with manouria emys.

WOW! You have a lot of tortoises and turtles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where do you keep them all?!?! It must be like a zoo at your place!

Yes, my home is like a small zoo
My parents are not so happy....but they are accustoming to this

So do you like the Hermanns the best, since you have the most of those?

No, Hermanns are not my favourite. I have 6 Hermanns for over 12 years. I took the others during the latest years.
My favourite tortoises are the exotics: pardalis, carbonaria, radiata, elegans and gigantea....but I haven't gigantea yet. Here the price is so much high. I will wait for
But I also love flavomarginata (they are really fantastic), Sacalia bealei, Staurotpys salvinii...
I dream to have (maybe one day I will have them) galbinifrons (here, in Italy, it's almost impossible to have them...and to find them), Callagur borneoensis, and all the Terrapene.

You have some big dreams, and I'm sure you will accomplish them as you seem very devoted!

We'd LOVE to see pics of your torts/turts! Many of those I haven't even heard of!!!

Welcome to the forum! That's a bunch of turtles and torts!

I'll be very happy to share with you my pictures and our experience

Welcome Davide, you will fit right in around here. Enjoy your stay.

Welcome Davide to the TFo Nice large group you have

welcome Davide,
impressive collection you've got there! be sure to post some pics. I'm very curious.
I'm also in Europe: Portugal.
I'm sure you'll find this forum as friendly and informative as I have.
Ciao,
Tiago

Thanks to all for your welcome

Welcome Davide! Lots of turts and tort's you have there. I've never heard if some of them.

Bueno Serra Davide, Welcome aboard. I am new myself and know you will enjoy hours of browsing and chatting with other members.

Lynn