diamondbp said:Deserts. I don't Texas get any where near that size. Beautiful tortoises
Yvonne G said:I'm not real sure, but I think the smaller one is one of the graeca species.
Yvonne G said:Take a look at this Ibera:
http://www.gctts.org/node/409
The leg scales aren't quite the same, but the carapace is very similar.
A shot of the plastron on the smaller one will clinch it. The Texas tortoise male's plastron is VERY concave and quite distinctive.
thatrebecca said:While we wait for the experts to weigh in on his species I will note the incontrovertible fact that he is handsome as all get out.
MildredsMommy said:Must be the season-I had the same issue on this boy I adopted last week. The person I got it from said Sulcata, then it went back and forth between Desert and Texas. Crazy!
diamondbp said:MildredsMommy said:Must be the season-I had the same issue on this boy I adopted last week. The person I got it from said Sulcata, then it went back and forth between Desert and Texas. Crazy!
I would say yours is a male TT for sure. So beautiful!
MildredsMommy said:Must be the season-I had the same issue on this boy I adopted last week. The person I got it from said Sulcata, then it went back and forth between Desert and Texas. Crazy!