I'll try to get another look at the turtle. The original pics are more clear, and it does look like 4 toes, but the coloring is not nearly as vivid as your picture- even with the dust it seems evenly dull colored.
I was hoping to find an organization with proper credentials and contacts to take care of it. I am relieved it isn't endangered. Thank you so much for your rapid response. I still feel bad for the tortoise, but buying it would only encourage the vendor to take more from the wild.
Hello! Tom the dog trainer on the forum said maybe you can identify this tortoise? Is it a hingeback, local to W. Africa? I was afraid it was an endangered elongated, which is not native here. A vendor wanted to sell it to me, but I am leaving the country soon and I know I can't bring it back to...
Can anyone identify this tortoise? I am in W. Africa now, but this looks rather like an endangered Asian elongated tortoise, but I am far from knowledgeable. A street vendor wanted to sell it to me. I don't want to do anything illegal, but I would like to save it, if it's endangered.