CHERRY HEAD PLASTRON TIP

[N2TORTS]

A good start to identifying a CherryHead. 99% of the time a “Brazillian” Cherry Head Red Foot Tortoise will have the tell’ tell’ signs of a marbled plastron. Some examples below …..

Here is a yearling …..you can see plastron starting to “ pattern out”

And of course ….Natures’ curve ball , which ALWAYS sparks human debate…..One of the Adult Males with an “ almost all Black” belly….

Now an example of an Adult Female *Northern Redfoot

JD~

 

[RedfootsRule]

Some colorful cherryheads Beautiful.
Does the one in the 4th picture have fungal rot, or is it just a very odd pattern? Or are my eyes going bad.....

 

[N2TORTS]

I belive you mean the 5th pic .... and no it's the reflection of the camera flash and H20