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[ryanellis]

Can anyone tell me the names my tortoise someone said they were called marinated tortoises

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

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Can anyone tell me the names my tortoise someone said they were called marinated tortoises

Marginated tortoises.
Testudo marginata.
Tortoises should never be marinated.

 

[ryanellis]

So what are they then

 

[ryanellis]

Lol marinated tortoises, stupid auto spelling it was supposed to say (Marginated tortoise)

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Ryan, and welcome to the Forum!

I have trouble distinguishing between the different testudo species. Let's send a shout-out to @HermanniChris . He's very good at this type of I.D.

 

[Yvonne G]

This is a marginata


This is a Greek:



and this is a Hermann's:

Because I don't have any of these, and don't see them in person ever, they just all look so similar to me.

 

[HermanniChris]

They're definitely Marginated tortoises.

 

[Yvonne G]

Thank you, Chris. I just don't see how you do that. They all look very similar and I just can't tell them apart.

 

[HermanniChris]

Haha. I don't know. They look so different to me. There's just so many things that separate them especially Marginateds. Entirely different markings and color.

 

[ryanellis]

Does anyone know the age of my tortoise