A little over 42 years ago Mrs. X was given an adult female Texas tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri). She already had an adult male CDT (Gopherus agassizii). A year later there was a clutch of eggs and one male was kept from that clutch. The CDT died and subsequent eggs were from the Texas female and the 50/50 male. This is a picture of the whole group that Mrs. X gave me last week. The original female is the tortoise on the far left, and the 50/50 male is the tortoise on the far right.
It is interesting to note that all the subsequent tortoises from this pairing look like Texas tortoises, with the exception that all of them have a nuchal scute (a CDT trait).
This is a picture of the group, but I put my male CDT in front of them for size comparison:
Here is the female on the left and the male on the right:
I just checked the babies that I'm raising from this paring and they also have the nuchal scute. But the funny thing is, last year I adopted two babies from a Fresno club member who has Texas tortoises, and those two babies also have the nuchal scute. Go figure.
It is interesting to note that all the subsequent tortoises from this pairing look like Texas tortoises, with the exception that all of them have a nuchal scute (a CDT trait).
This is a picture of the group, but I put my male CDT in front of them for size comparison:
Here is the female on the left and the male on the right:
I just checked the babies that I'm raising from this paring and they also have the nuchal scute. But the funny thing is, last year I adopted two babies from a Fresno club member who has Texas tortoises, and those two babies also have the nuchal scute. Go figure.
