Thanks Mark, yep that makes sense! I'm not too concerned about subspecies right now I just want to be able to give general care/housing/temperature advice to get these guys through their first few days in a cold humid climate. It's currently just above freezing outside in Dublin
Your first instinct appears to be correct and luckily they are not rare Egyptian - I would have had to kidnap them and bring them somewhere safe. Thanks for the link, it covers everything Golden Greek, I'll pass on an idiot-proof summary
Can you help ID? I know nothing about tortoises but my am purely guessing African Spurred based on probability. I have found some resources to pass on to him but will have to ask another person to translate into the owner's first language - Brazilian Portuguese