TORTOISE Faces and ID

[juli11]

Hi,

Can you tell the inches in centimeter?:-D
So I can compare with my animals.
And the F in Celsius? :-D
Because in the sommer I didn't put my erosa in the outdoor because I think it is to cold, humidity is to low..

 

[tortoisesarecute]

They are so cute! All yours?

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Hi,

Can you tell the inches in centimeter?:-D
So I can compare with my animals.
And the F in Celsius? :-D
Because in the sommer I didn't put my erosa in the outdoor because I think it is to cold, humidity is to low..

2.54cm = 1 inch.. 8 inches would be right at 20cm juli

32 degrees F is freezing.

Where are you located?

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Well 12 is definitely SPP. 8 I agree with juli11, definitely from homophus, and probably signatus.
I thought you still kept your erosas? Did you really have them laying at 7 inches?
They definitely are cold and rain tolerant, mine have been out in 45 in rain and have been very content.

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Lowest breeding I've seen from them was at 55

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The erosa were kept in about 6" of leaves/litter in the same building as my redfoots. Something in the air [ we speculate ] was not agreeable and wiped out 80% of my redfoots I had been working with [ some ] for over 10 years! It was devastating...

The largest females ( 4 ) produced about a dozen eggs over a year time - they were breeding in my back yard 6 weeks out of Africa!

More on the ID later...

 

[juli11]

Thanks. That would be very cold!!
They aren't ill after that? Or have any problems with a wet nose etc?
I'm from Germany.

 

[FLINTUS]

Off the top of my head the three temps quoted:
65=about 20 Celsius
45= 7/8 Celsius
55= about 13 Celsius
They are definitely very cold tolerant. I keep mine at around 24 degrees Celsius inside, anything over 27 and they slow down.

 

[juli11]

Ok thank you. So at the moment I have between 22 and 26 Celsius at my enclosure. But my erosa is the most at the time at the heating where it is 30C and more..

 

[FLINTUS]

That's bizarre compared to my experience and what I've seen from others. I have a small hotspot of about 29 or so, but they only use it first thing in the morning. Is the enclosure different at the warmer end-more cover, different substrate, water sources etc.?

 

[juli11]

I can make a picture in one hour.
So you can see its to mug for writing ;-)

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*much

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So here it is. I need to take a new branch. Do old one isn't green anymore. But it is also good because it give protective from above for the animals
Maybe you can't see it but I've got a mix with leaves, wood , grass , earth , mulches etc...

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Remember these temps, etc. have to be measured at "ground-level"! I had someone ask about temps only to find his guage was about 8" [ 20cm ] above ground level ---- they don't FLY hahaha!

I'll get these ID's back on topic later today... still luv those erosa!!!

 

[juli11]

Yes she is a very beautiful animal. With her yellow head. Very special. My erosa have a brown head...
Yellow is defiantly cooler :-D

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*definitely sorry..

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Yes she is a very beautiful animal. With her yellow head. Very special. My erosa have a brown head...
Yellow is defiantly cooler :-D

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*definitely sorry..

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Juli the yellow is the male.. yours sounds like the female like #4 -

Light colored female ( profile ) -





Can you post a profile of yours? Especially ( profile ) like first one directly above?

 

[tortadise]

8 is homopus signatus signatus

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Kelly is that "Padloper"?

 

[tortadise]

Yep. There is also now a subspecies of signatus. Homopus signatus cafer. Not much of a difference. But the smallest species of them all is that little guy. Too bad the mate deceased at the zoo. I know San Diego is successful in breeding these guys. Wee little guys.

 

[wellington]

Funny, how even the members who think they know it all can't always ID something, hmmm, not always so obvious. Fun thread though and great pics.