What type do I have please?

Yvonne G

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I think it's a hermanns, but I don't know the sub species.

Hermanns have two longitudinal dark bands on the plastron, and tho' faint, I think I see them. The greek species has more of ablotch on the plastron.
 

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I would say it's a Greek tortoise. Some have "washed out", barely seen, blotches on the plastron.

I would check if there are distinct two spurs (in the areas between hind legs and tail) and shell scute right above the tail (Hermanns usually have two scutes and Greek tortoises usually have only one).
 

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I would say it's a Greek tortoise. Some have "washed out", barely seen, blotches on the plastron.

I would check if there are distinct two spurs (in the areas between hind legs and tail) and shell scute right above the tail (Hermanns usually have two scutes and Greek tortoises usually have only one).
Thank you so much, I will try to have a look!
 

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