Species/ Subspecies and Gender

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TandM

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Hello Everyone,

I am just wondering if any of you out there would be able to help me figure out as to whether or not my tortoise Bowser is in fact a Greek or not, and perhaps what subspecies it could be. I also am unsure as to the gender of my baby Bowser so maybe some of you out there will be able to identify and fill me in :) From what I have been told, Bowser is about a year and a half old and his/her plastron measures 3 ¾ inches long and 3 ¼ wide approximately.

Thanks for all your help.
Marisol
 

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Eweezyfosheezy

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Looks like you have an Iberian greek that looks like a female but still a little too young/small to know for sure. :)
 

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While your tortoise definitely appears to be an Ibera Greek Testudo ibera it has a very prominent Marginated Testudo marginata coloration & shape as well as markings on the carapace. There is a possibility that somewhere in it's recent lineage there was a cross breeding between an Ibera and Marginated.
 
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