thehungrytort
New Member
Hey everyone,
I’m looking for some identification advice. I’m not sure what species my tortoise is. I inherited him and i’m not sure of his backstory. I love him to absolute bits and I just want to know how best to care for him.
Everywhere I seemed to look, I could only find the tortoises that show up more commonly in the pet trade with no subspecies being shown (i believe him to be a subspecies of the Greek Tortoises)
I found these species looked most similar to him:
- Marginated
- Zargros Mountain Greek/ Buxton’s Tortoise (this is my main guess)
- Possibly Moroccan Tortoise?
If anyone out there has any clue, i’d be very grateful for your insight or if you have any identification book recommendations.
I look forward to hearing your responses![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Side note: these are photos I was sent when I was asked if I wanted to look after him, so if you require any other photos, like ones of his underside, just ask and i’ll take some more photos!
![IMG_1120.jpeg IMG_1120.jpeg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/359/359971-38d44362a3befdaef536d14e30ccca5e.jpg)
![IMG_1173.jpeg IMG_1173.jpeg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/359/359972-ce72f46c6f5482485a81b52b4668349a.jpg)
![IMG_1317.jpeg IMG_1317.jpeg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/359/359973-ac375fd9de1fc39ae58e8cc7fed96afd.jpg)
![IMG_1120.jpeg IMG_1120.jpeg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/359/359971-38d44362a3befdaef536d14e30ccca5e.jpg)
I’m looking for some identification advice. I’m not sure what species my tortoise is. I inherited him and i’m not sure of his backstory. I love him to absolute bits and I just want to know how best to care for him.
Everywhere I seemed to look, I could only find the tortoises that show up more commonly in the pet trade with no subspecies being shown (i believe him to be a subspecies of the Greek Tortoises)
I found these species looked most similar to him:
- Marginated
- Zargros Mountain Greek/ Buxton’s Tortoise (this is my main guess)
- Possibly Moroccan Tortoise?
If anyone out there has any clue, i’d be very grateful for your insight or if you have any identification book recommendations.
I look forward to hearing your responses
Side note: these are photos I was sent when I was asked if I wanted to look after him, so if you require any other photos, like ones of his underside, just ask and i’ll take some more photos!
![IMG_1120.jpeg IMG_1120.jpeg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/359/359971-38d44362a3befdaef536d14e30ccca5e.jpg)
![IMG_1173.jpeg IMG_1173.jpeg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/359/359972-ce72f46c6f5482485a81b52b4668349a.jpg)
![IMG_1317.jpeg IMG_1317.jpeg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/359/359973-ac375fd9de1fc39ae58e8cc7fed96afd.jpg)
![IMG_1120.jpeg IMG_1120.jpeg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/359/359971-38d44362a3befdaef536d14e30ccca5e.jpg)