Help identifying my tortoise

[Aksu_2236]

I’ve always thought that I had a hermann’s tortoise, that’s what they told me in the pet store and that’s what it says in my EU travel documents. Although now after sharing images of him on reddit I’ve gotten comments that it’s a russian tortoise instead. Can you help identifying him?

 

[chubu]

This looks very much like a Russian tortoise.

@Tom could maybe help

 

[Tortoise213]

It looks like a russian to me.

 

[Maggie3fan]

it's a very pretty Russian tortoise

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

How many claws in the back feet, if 4 that is a Russian.

 

[Yvonne G]

Russian (Testudo horsefeildii)

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Definitely a Russian tortoise! Care is relatively the same.

I wouldn’t use hay as your substrate, it’s very prone to mould and Russians aren’t actually grass eaters

Feel free to check out this thread on housing, it covers the correct equipment(very easy to be sold the wrong stuff, likely the case here given the store didn’t even know what tortoise it is), levels, appropriately maintaining humidity, there’s lots of visual examples for everything and a good diet list to check out

Housing adult Russian and Hermans indoors

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information an example of an appropriate indoor set up for an older Herman/russian. As much as it’s encouraged to have tortoises in a safe outdoor enclosure, I understand being from the uk myself, that some climates make it difficult to...

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This one is also good to go over, it’ll help you avoid the wrong bulbs, substrates, housing etc, feel free to double check purchases here too!

Common keeping errors

Hello everyone! I’d been a long time lurker on this site long before joining just under a year ago now, over that time I’ve seen these husbandry issues come up time and time again, sometimes with dire consequences☹️ I thought this thread might serve as a good visual guide for these common...

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Hope they help! Any more questions, please ask away!