Sri Lankan or Indian Star?

[narattah]

I thought my tortoise has quite yellow radiating lines on the shell, so as the skin.
Could this be more towards a Sri Lankan than an Indian Star?

The front one in this picture.

 

[Neal]

Really it's impossible to know for sure. But just from the smoothness of the shell it looks like you have mainland indian star tortoises, not sri lankans.

 

[gummybearpoop]

Looks like a southern indian star. But like Neal said-it's impossible to know for sure unless you know the lineage.

Though sri lankans tend to be pyramided, there are smooth ones out there. I have seen photos of smooth sri lankans. De Silva wrote a book on sri lankan star tortoises...I used to have it but sold it. Great book and it showed sri lankans that were pyramided and smooth in the wild. I believe I read that sri lankans near the coast tend to be smoother, while sri lankans that are located in the drier regions tend to be more pyramided. Don't quote me though. I have been tempted to get a group together just to try to raise them up with smooth shells