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Thanks, I wasn't aware. The stuff on Leone's site seemed to agree with my Turtle Taxonomy Working Group book (8th edition, 2018), but I now see that they released an 8th edition two years ago, available here: https://iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/crm.8.checklist.atlas_.v9.2021.e3.pdf

Testudo graeca whitei is no longer a recognized subspecies, they are now grouped in with Testudo graeca graeca. https://www.gardenstatetortoise.com/post/recognizing-the-greek-tortoises Where did you get this tortoise? If it is from the wild near Chlef or along the northern Algerian coast, it's...

I think your problem is that you are not pointing the sensor of the Solar meter at the light. The sensor is the little white part on top. This is what needs to be pointing at the light to get a reading. In your photo you appear to be holding it at a right angle relative to the incoming light...

This is an Eastern Hermann's tortoise. You probably also want to delete or crop out the other preview images from your phone in the lower part of the photo.

This is an eastern Hermann’s

These are Eastern Hermann's

Looking good!

Great video, this has to be it. I hope the OP tries this!

Sweet throwback pic! I love it. Regarding hybrids, it's possible but would be difficult to tell. This looks like a pure Moroccan to me aside from the coloration. It sure doesn't seem to be bothering him.

I doubt it. The link below has photos of similarly aged Moroccan Greeks also in the UK. The coloration on the carapace usually has more of a mix of the tan/yellow and black/brown like what is seen on the plastron. The gray spots near the middle of the carapace are likely from where he's squeezed...

I would say A is female and B is male.

This appears to be a Moroccan Greek, Testudo graeca marokkensis based on shell shape, head and other features. The shell is nearly black which is unusual, usually there is at least some yellow. Is it possibly painted or just very weathered?

Yes this is definitely a male Hermann's.

It looks like some sort of open wound or other injury. Could possibly be a burn as well. Do you have anything in the enclosure that the tortoise could get such a burn? The area around it also looks swollen. I would try to clean it and watch it closely to see if the swelling increases, and...

You have Western Hermann's tortoises for sure. Great looking tortoise!

This is actually a mud turtle, not a box turtle or tortoise. It looks like it could be a Mexican mud turtle, kinsternon integrum, @Markw84 is great at mud turtles and will probably correct me. It likely came from a nearby pond. I would search around and return it to the water.

I definitely get why they like the enclosure and food source. I've been hosing it down morning and evening to keep the humidity up and the plants alive. The testudo mix patch grew well and covered the entire enclosure, except for tortoise paths, and did well all summer. It didn't seem get...

Here is a photo I took last night in the dark. They are eating some old mazuri. I’m not sure if the smaller ones are just immature orientalis or are lateralis. The largest dark roach near the top of the pic is more typical of what I usually see.

All summer, my Greek tortoise has been living it up in a large outdoor enclosure densely planted with TortoiseSupply broadleaf testudo mix. Over the past few weeks I've noticed the food disappearing at a faster rate, an figured he was eating it and even planted more at one point. Well, I went...

Looks like an Eastern to me. The lighting of the photo of the leg area isn't good enough to tell clearly, but it looks like the inguinal scute is there. Here's a post with a photo I took of my Greek tortoise that has the inguinal scute. In Dalmatians the abdominal scute blends all the way back...