Eastern or western?

[swabo]

Can anybody tell me whether she is an eastern or western....
Yellowish so originally thinking western. Is that a keyhole? Yellowish spot on side of face.... no hinge..

But broken black lines on plastron so eastern? Undivided supra caudal scute.... squarish head? So eastern?
Gular scutes have small black marks.

 

[swabo]

Pics from above post..

 

[turdle yerdle]

That's an eastern. I might be wrong. Plus Easterns are more common.

 

[Kori5]

I believe it's a Dalmatian .

 

[Rue]

I don`t know...but it doesn`t look like my Eastern Hermann`s...(pictured in my avatar)

It`s cute though!

 

[juli11]

Interesting for identifying hermanni is the head. Could you post a picture of the head especially from the profile?

 

[turdle yerdle]

I don`t know...but it doesn`t look like my Eastern Hermann`s...(pictured in my avatar)

It`s cute though!

Your eastern looks quite unique text.

 

[turdle yerdle]

BIG

 

[HermanniChris]

You 100% have a Dalmatian tortoise (T. h. hercegovinensis) and it's very "text-book" for the subspecies. Very nice animal.

 

[swabo]

Wow, Thanks. Lots of replies. On the cites certificate it only states Testudo hermannni. HermanniChris, you are a very knowledgeable man. I enjoy reading your posts and admire the information you add to the forum. Thank you to everybody else too. She is a wonderful animal.....

 

[Rue]

Kori5 was right!

I love all the Hermann's...they just look so 'right'...as far as tortoises goes.

 

[Kori5]

Well I have a Dalmatian, just a little older .

 

[Rue]

Ha! So you knew that you knew!

 

[swabo]

I love the banter