Tortoise id

[Yosh1]

Can someone plz help me identify my tortoise

 

[Yosh1]

 

[Sarah2020]

She/he looks very dirty. Suggest nail brush and a hosepipe avoiding head area and then a clean large container with warm shallow warm water and let it soak for about 10 or 20 mins at first to drink. Once done pictures again. How is it in your possession? Who is he/she? Normally we get tiny and young tortoise on here but you have a mature one.

 

[Yvonne G]

More than likely a male Greek tortoise, but let's ask @TeamZissou to be sure.

 

[Yosh1]

She/he looks very dirty. Suggest nail brush and a hosepipe avoiding head area and then a clean large container with warm shallow warm water and let it soak for about 10 or 20 mins at first to drink. Once done pictures again. How is it in your possession? Who is he/she? Normally we get tiny and young tortoise on here but you have a mature one.

She/he looks very dirty. Suggest nail brush and a hosepipe avoiding head area and then a clean large container with warm shallow warm water and let it soak for about 10 or 20 mins at first to drink. Once done pictures again. How is it in your possession? Who is he/she? Normally we get tiny and young tortoise on here but you have a mature one.

She/he looks very dirty. Suggest nail brush and a hosepipe avoiding head area and then a clean large container with warm shallow warm water and let it soak for about 10 or 20 mins at first to drink. Once done pictures again. How is it in your possession? Who is he/she? Normally we get tiny and young tortoise on here but you have a mature one.

Hi thanks for the reply well I found it 20 years ago hiding in a bush seems like someone abondoned it and since then I decided to take care of her/him actually

 

[Yosh1]

More than likely a male Greek tortoise, but let's ask @TeamZissou to be sure.

Hi I appreciate your help

 

[Sarah2020]

Looks nice washed, the tortoise looks lovely well done. Looking at Morocco's tortoise it matches with a Greek tortoise. Enjoy your tortoise and keep looking after it.

 

[TeamZissou]

You definitely have a Greek tortoise. It looks more like a "Moorish" greek tortoise or Testudo graeca graeca rather than a Moroccan Greek, Testuo graeca marokkensis that we more commonly see.

Recognizing the Greek Tortoises

The SubspeciesAs already mentioned in other articles, there are more than ten recognizable Greek tortoise “types” in nature and in collections, even in the USA. Some, including myself, see the current taxonomic findings as insufficient. An up-to-date and in-depth research project concerning this...

www.gardenstatetortoise.com

What part of Morocco are you from?

 

[Yosh1]

More than likely a male Greek tortoise, but let's ask @TeamZissou to be sure.

You definitely have a Greek tortoise. It looks more like a "Moorish" greek tortoise or Testudo graeca graeca rather than a Moroccan Greek, Testuo graeca marokkensis that we more commonly see.

Recognizing the Greek Tortoises

The SubspeciesAs already mentioned in other articles, there are more than ten recognizable Greek tortoise “types” in nature and in collections, even in the USA. Some, including myself, see the current taxonomic findings as insufficient. An up-to-date and in-depth research project concerning this...

www.gardenstatetortoise.com

What part of Morocco are you from?

Hi TeamZissou thanks for the reply actually I am from Casablanca

 

[TeamZissou]

Casablanca is more in the range of Testudo graeca marokkensis rather than T. graeca graeca. Though, it's possible that someone transported the tortoise from elsewhere and let it go in the city.

 

[Yosh1]

Casablanca is more in the range of Testudo graeca marokkensis rather than T. graeca graeca. Though, it's possible that someone transported the tortoise from elsewhere and let it go in the city.

Hi TeamZissou thanks for the information that makes sense

 

[BeeZee1]

It looks like a Greek - I can barely see the top of the head