Cherry Head OR RedFoot???

[Bryan]

WOW Carl ... did not know she was that big . I guess I have not seen a size reference picture of her in a long time . And I thought I had two jumbo cherries. Here is Queen Liz and Oscar' .. next to a 6.5 cherry for reference.... both adults are in the 12.4 - 14" range ...and BIG ... but not near 24 pounds. ... More like 16lb. That is one BIG A$$ CHERRY you have ... sorta beats the crap that was going around for so many years of them " being a dwarf species" or .. in your case .. it has to be a HYBRID.! (someone would post) ..
Cherries don’t get that big !!... remember those days? and Bryan .. I never knew you had credibility in the first place. This forum is full of " parrots" ....

I've got street cred And some parrots go for big $ so thanks for the compliment!

 

[Madkins007]

The old 'dwarf cherry-head' myth has been pretty widely shown to be wrong. However, they hit sexual maturity at a smaller size.

Sorry, but the best way to to know if that is a cherry-head is seeing the plaston.

 

[N2TORTS]

A very good indicator indeed….but there are always those curve balls~








even though we know what this is ...but if just " one indicator such as the plastron " was used ...it would be a little tricky identifying this one ,

and Mark .. yes I know the myth has deminished ...but I remember not too many years back ... some pretty head butting debates ..

 

[N2TORTS]

and yet another example of one of theose " curve balls" ....Compared to the phenotype plastron markings we usually see on Cherry Heads .. This one is much different.


And for the OP .. what Mark ( and he knows his stuff!) ….was referring to, is the typical Cherry Head will sport a marbled plastron . This starts to develop at an early age and expands as the tortoise grows.


Now compared to a “ Northern Redfoot” … with the typical golden/tan plastron and the dark “ hour glass” markers


JD~:shy: