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That is such unique coloration it is hard to be sure. It certainly looks like a young Burmese Star. You can see the 6 ray pattern developing but without much pigment in the central scute areas. So looks like a baby Burmese Star that was hatched almost totally tan! A picture of the plastron (bottom) would help to be sure.
That is quite beautiful. I've never seen anything like that over here in the states. It almost looks painted. I've love to see more pics.
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It is one of the types of Star Tortoises.
Possibly Burmese going by the plastron pix. Or does anyone think it could be a hybrid Star of some type?
Where did you get the ones in your pictures? Knowing that might shed some light on the situation.
Please ensure they have water , fresh green food and a soak in shallow clean drinking water to ensure hydration. They are lovely please look after them.
That's one gorgeous specimen....whatever it is. lol
Hello can u please help me indentify the male and female from the three?
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They are beautiful 😍
Too small to tell male or female.
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I cannot see the tails and anal scutes well enough on any of them to make a guess on their sexes.
Also, as Yvonne said, they are quite young to visually determine the sexes, even with better pictures.
Where did you get these tortoises? You did not answer that question.
They are up for adoption thru a friend of mine who runs a animal care facility. I really don't know the place of origin. Was planning to adopt them but wanted to know about them before getting them home.
That's great you want to adopt, even if you've had torts before, you may want to read this, its a really great source before one gets one:
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Thank you. I really appreciate itThat's great you want to adopt, even if you've had torts before, you may want to read this, its a really great source before one gets one:
Info For New People. Please Read This First.
Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...
I'm thinking you might be correct. Hybrid Indian/Burmese. From the plastron shot, Burmese only have solid dark triangles on plastron. Indian only get the rays in the pattern. These have rays in the plastral dark areas = Indian Star. Yet the carapace shows the rays developing only from the junctions of the scute seams = Burmese Star.
They are beautiful but way to young to tell the sex.
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