SealMarioz
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I normally use Inaturalist to learn about local species and distributions and habitats of species across the world and came across some neat wild redfoots (likely cherryheads? from south-eastern brazil)
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Is this pattern on their scutes marbeling like you see with some captive torts or like just how their shells formed in the wild?
![www.inaturalist.org](https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/342908500/large.jpeg)
Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Red-footed Tortoise from Ipiranga, Brumadinho - MG, 35460-000, Brasil on November 29, 2023 at 04:59 PM by Luciana dos Anjos
![www.inaturalist.org](https://static.inaturalist.org/sites/1-favicon.png?1573071870)
![www.inaturalist.org](https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/360926933/large.jpg)
Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Red-footed Tortoise from Linhares, ES, Brasil on March 1, 2024 at 05:52 PM by Gabriel Bonfa
![www.inaturalist.org](https://static.inaturalist.org/sites/1-favicon.png?1573071870)
Is this pattern on their scutes marbeling like you see with some captive torts or like just how their shells formed in the wild?
![large.jpg](https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/360926933/large.jpg)
![large.jpeg](https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/342908500/large.jpeg)