Red foot vs cherry head.

[Thomas tortoise]

What are the differences between redfoot tortoises and cherry head tortoises? Besides two inches in size?

 

[Tom]

I'll defer to anyone with more experience than me, but what I've seen is that CH generally tend to have more color, different carapace color, and also tend to be a bit more scrappy and territorial. These are generalities. Exceptions occur.

 

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[ZEROPILOT]

I'll defer to anyone with more experience than me, but what I've seen is that CH generally tend to have more color, different carapace color, and also tend to be a bit more scrappy and territorial. These are generalities. Exceptions occur.

That about covers it.
And price. Adult CH are usually twice the price

 

[pacific chelonians]

That about covers it.
And price. Adult CH are usually twice the price

More like 5 times the price now haha

 

[ZEROPILOT]

More like 5 times the price now haha

Demand sets the price.
People LOVE those colors

 

[pacific chelonians]

Demand sets the price.
People LOVE those colors

I have 24 adult that I have collected over the years

 

[naturalman91]

as Tom said cherryheads are more colorful they also tend to be called that depending on the local they are found in. i believe brazil is one example of this. certain locals are a little smaller and more colorful but that's not to say a "normal" redfoot can't be colorful. at the end of the day they are all Redfoots local and environmental factors play into size and color difference that's all.