Gender please! (age estimate if possible) of my new Greek!

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RaphsMama

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I've had Raphael for a couple of months now. He is my first tortoise ever, I adopted him from PetSmart (Michigan) He is the best decision I ever made, I absolutely adore him, and he is sooo spoiled! He is 6" WC, nice looking, healthy happy tort!

After a lot of reading here, I guessed Raph to be a juvenile male, but wanted to show some pictures and get some input from people with more knowledge and experience ;)

(Also curious what you all think about subspecies?)

Any input is greatly appreciated and Thank You in advance! :)

(note: his plastron is slightly concave, not flat)
 

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Hi, and welcome to the Forum!!

I'm not sure, but I THINK that's a female tail.
 

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Age at 6 inches... 4 to 40, maybe 80... to use Tom's estimate in another thread. We have no way of knowing as they all grow at different rates. It looks wild caught.


I too think you have a girl there.
 

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Try taking a photo from behind him/her to see the tail better.
 

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Thanks for the 'Welcomes' and input! I will try to get a better picture of the tail. I was also wondering, if he will need to hibernate? Or how do I find out if he needs to or not?
 

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More pictures. It looks like a male cus of the plastron but I need to see the tail a little more. Looks like the tail was pointing at the camera making it look shorter than usual.
 

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Here are a couple more pictures..
 

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The tail looks like my girl's tail. She also has slightly concaved plastron.
 

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Hahahahah female! Boy was I wrong. Thanks for the last couple of pictures that made it more clear to me. Lol


Just want to add... Beautiful tort you have there!


Ugh also just wanted to add another thing, can't really tell the age. Most captive torts usually tends to grow a lot faster and if they don't brumate they also tends to grow. Getting the age is not something you can really tell.
 

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Hey again! I didn't want to make a new post since I already have pictures posted here, but was wondering if anyone had any ideas on subspecies? It would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance! :)
 

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Golden greek, Testuco Graeca Terrestris.


That's what it looks like to me.
 

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I agree with the majority, definitely female. My male Greek (also from PetSmart) looks like the same subspecies and has a much longer tail and more concave plastron: ImageUploadedByTortForum1376452941.843112.jpgView attachment 52159View attachment 52161


Sorry, here are the other two pics of my male: ImageUploadedByTortForum1376453086.265577.jpgImageUploadedByTortForum1376453123.720007.jpg
 
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