Exotic G. elegans design?

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The 'Alpha' 5/2000 male..

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How about his main squeeze?..

Femalecarapace22.jpg


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Seen enough?

Terry
 

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New star from Bollywood.
 

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A few more..

SmallmalePAIR.jpg


FIRST egg EVER..

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Second egg.. looks to be fertile..

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.. now we wait 4 - 6 MONTHS..
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Beautiful stars-Congrats on the eggs. Can't wait to see the new hatchlings. Ive never seen a baby star.
 

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What is the weigh of the female who laid egg?
Your couple is very beautiful, above all the female. I prefer females for their round form...they are fantastic;)
How many eggs she laid?
 

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Redfoot NERD said:
A few more..

SmallmalePAIR.jpg


FIRST egg EVER..

1stSTAREVER.jpg


Second egg.. looks to be fertile..

2ndStaregg.jpg


.. now we wait 4 - 6 MONTHS..
ASLEEP.gif


Terry

The eggs above were found laying on top of the straw substrate.. 2 different dates as coded. NOW the 11/26 egg looks to be fertile.. the other isn't.

I was having "modem issues" last night.. so I wasn't able to post additional pics.

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Could you tell me the weight of the female who laid eggs?
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These guys love "Curley Endive" as a treat when outside in the summer..

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A couple of summers ago.. before the female hit a growth "spurt".. can you tell which one SHE is? { I do have a lead on a couple more females - you know what that means [ I hope ] - anyone knowing of mature females.. let me know please } This is a 4.1 group..

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This is the breeding colony that my little group came from. They were part of a large goup confiscated around 12 years ago [ to the best of my knoweldge.. maybe Danny has insight on that also.. actually it was probably closer to 20 years ago ] so these are all 25-40 years old.. the "owner" speculates..

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Mature breeders..

Male
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Female
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Check out the size "extremes"! Showing the largest female and the smallest male. The wear on the plastron's indicates mature/older tortoises!

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Again..

AStarMUNCH.jpg


Read the unedited/updated submission to Reptiles magazine for the Jan '08 publication.. http://www.turtletary.com/Stars/TKilgoreUpdatedStarDoc.doc

Anyone learning anything?


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LOVE those pictures! I want one! Maybe one will sneak into Buck's box without you knowing! ROFL!
 

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In the second pic is she the one in the far Right hand corner closest to the bottom of the pic? great pics terry as always.
 

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In the second pic is she the one in the far Right hand corner closest to the bottom of the pic? great pics terry as always.

That's what I like about Robyn.. she pays attention! And with torts there's no stress.. huh?

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Tortugo said:
What is the weigh of the female who laid egg?
Your couple is very beautiful, above all the female. I prefer females for their round form...they are fantastic;)
How many eggs she laid?

Davide I do not use or feel I need scales.. I just noticed that she weighs more now that she is of breedig "age".. although I seldom "handle" any of my torts.

Two eggs laid.. as described.

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Thank you all the same. I control often the weight of some tortoises (above all G. elegans and Kinixys belliana belliana and other swampy turtles) so I used to talk about weight.
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When I look at stars, they are awesome. They look like if a Florida box turtle had a baby with a leopard tortoise.
 

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Redfoot NERD said:
The 'Alpha' 5/2000 male..

BIGMale.jpg


Maleplastron22.jpg


How about his main squeeze?..

Femalecarapace22.jpg


FEMALEPlastron.jpg


Seen enough?

Terry

Wow Terry! I've got stars in my eyes:D
 
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