Can some please identify this tortoise
Aug 22, 2014 #1 WamBamCam Member 5 Year Member Joined Aug 20, 2013 Messages 61 Location (City and/or State) San Antonio, Tx Attachments ImageUploadedByTortForum1408721636.520968.jpg 46 KB · Views: 26
Aug 23, 2014 #2 kimber_lee_314 Well-Known Member 10 Year Member! Joined Nov 19, 2008 Messages 2,628 Location (City and/or State) So Cal It looks like a desert tortoise to me.
Aug 24, 2014 #3 Lemonade Active Member 5 Year Member Joined Jun 25, 2014 Messages 141 It's beautiful. Where did you get it? It does look like a desert tort, but I don't know if California.
It's beautiful. Where did you get it? It does look like a desert tort, but I don't know if California.
Aug 24, 2014 #4 pam Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Joined Dec 23, 2011 Messages 5,189 Location (City and/or State) Minnesota Beautiful
Sep 11, 2014 #5 Laura Well-Known Member 10 Year Member! 5 Year Member Joined Sep 5, 2007 Messages 7,502 Location (City and/or State) Foothills above Sacramento CA do females have higher domes? or is that a difference between Mojave and sonoran?
Sep 11, 2014 #6 ascott Well-Known Member 10 Year Member! Joined Apr 10, 2011 Messages 16,133 Location (City and/or State) Apple Valley, California Wild....did you get lucky in passing to get the pics?
Sep 12, 2014 #7 russian/sulcata/tortoise Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Joined Aug 6, 2014 Messages 8,458 Location (City and/or State) Northern California, bay area I think is a Texas tortoises
Sep 12, 2014 #8 Yvonne G Old Timer TFO Admin 10 Year Member! Platinum Tortoise Club Joined Jan 23, 2008 Messages 93,434 Location (City and/or State) Clovis, CA Being as how you're in Texas, its probably a Gopherus berlandieri, but it is quite different-looking. They are normally grey and don't usually have a nuchal scute.
Being as how you're in Texas, its probably a Gopherus berlandieri, but it is quite different-looking. They are normally grey and don't usually have a nuchal scute.