What species is my tortoise? Please help.

[Sam G]

Hi,
I live in the United Arab Emirates and was given a tortoise by someone who had found it wandering near her house & no one claimed it.
I 'm trying to work out it's breed and sex, so if anyone can help I'd be grateful.
It is about 13 cm long, and here are some photos of it.
Thanks
Sam

 

[Tom]

Testudo gracea.

 

[Sam G]

thanks

 

[Yvonne G]

Male (and welcome to the Forum!)

 

[Sam G]

Thanks Yvonne.

 

[FLINTUS]

Can I ask why loads of people on this forum are calling them 'gracea' for the Latin name, that's the 3rd person I've noticed in the last 2 days. It's 'testudo graeca'

 

[Yvonne G]

I think it was just misspelled.

 

[FLINTUS]

I think it was just misspelled.

Not a different name or something? Just seems so common.

 

[Yvonne G]

I know that some of the people that are spelling it incorrectly pronounce it 'grayka,' so that's why I think its just being misspelled. Otherwise they would be pronouncing it 'graceea'.

 

[Camryn]

A more common name would be the "Spur-thigh" or even more common "Greek tortoise."
Good luck

 

[oswego tort lover]

show us all the carapace scutes especially the scutes above the tail and the extact subspecies can be identifed

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

I pretty sure that looks more like a girl??

 

[Jabuticaba]

I pretty sure that looks more like a girl??

I've recently learned that some Greek tort species have different anatomy and you have to look for other markers.



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[Yellow Turtle01]

I've recently learned that some Greek tort species have different anatomy and you have to look for other markers.



May, Aussies, & THBs
IG: @AUSSOMEAUSSIES

Yeah Tail just looks very stubby

 

[Jabuticaba]

Yeah Tail just looks very stubby

That's exactly what I thought, too.


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