Kinixys belliana zombensis hatchling

[MatteoV]

Hi everybody!
I came back with this good news:
My first Kinixys belliana zombensis hatchling!
The colors are very different from nogueyi and from zombensis/nogueyi crossbreed.
The carapace does not have small brown spots of nogueyi hatchlings, the head is yellow with black nose.
If I remember correctly I still have 9 fertile eggs in the incubator, two of these are of the same egg laying, they should hatch within two weeks.

 

[tortadise]

OHHHHH MAN. So awesome. Love this species. Congrats on them hatching. You can send some my way

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Do you have Natalensis too? Would love to see some babies of those if you have been successful with them.

 

[Jacqui]

Hey Matt, wonderful news!!!

 

[FLINTUS]

just wow. remarkable achievement

 

[MatteoV]

Thank you all!

OHHHHH MAN. So awesome. Love this species. Congrats on them hatching. You can send some my way

Just waiting for a teleporter to be invented! Seth Brundle where are you?!

Do you have Natalensis too? Would love to see some babies of those if you have been successful with them.

Unfortunately they are really rare here, I've never seen one.

The second came out!.
This one has the spots on the scutes.
Resembles his father very much!

 

[tortadise]

Fantastic. Yeah theyre really rare here too. Do you know if your zombensis are malagasy or east african? That father is spectacular.

 

[MatteoV]

Fantastic. Yeah theyre really rare here too. Do you know if your zombensis are malagasy or east african? That father is spectacular.

East african, the female is from Tanzania and the male is south african.
This is the female:

Mating:

These pictures are of malagasy bell's(I think they are domerguei) were taken ​​by a friend of mine in the Antananarivo park:

 

[tortadise]

So great seeing them still in malagasy soil, theyre the forgotten tortoise of Madagascar. Thanks for sharing. Your adults are spectacular. Great success with these guys.