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[tczar]

hope the pic uploads this time

 

[Shelly]

Whoa.. his shell is VERY unusual. The rest of him looks like a Desert Tortoise, but that shell is really odd.

 

[bikerchicspain]

Wow, I have never seen a shell like it before, curious to know what exact species he is..

 

[Fernando]

haha he looks like a chubby tortoise

 

[Tom]

I'm stumped. By process of elimination, and looking at what traits I CAN see, I'll guess its an old w/c leopard, but the head is not quite right and those scutes on the back are very unusual.

 

[Shelly]

Now I think it may be a Texas tort, judging by the fact that the poster is from Texas, it has that big nose that TT's have, and it appears to not have a nuchal scute.

 

[GBtortoises]

Looks like a Texas tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri to me.

 

[Yvonne G]

I think its an adult male Gopherus berlandieri too, with a very unusual scute pattern and coloring.

 

[Laura]

very old desert type

 

[GBtortoises]

From the appearance in the photo, I'm not so sure the tortoise has any scutes left on it. It looks like all bone, somewhat discolored. Maybe it's just the lighting in the photo. I'd love to see more pics of the tortoise!

 

[Steve Bell]

LoLX .pretty beautiful and really funny pic.But the shell of this tortoise is also fascinating.

 

[Yvonne G]

LoLX .pretty beautiful and really funny pic.But the shell of this tortoise is also fascinating.

Hi Steve Bell:

Won't you please take a few minutes to start a new thread in the "introductions" section of the forum and tell us a bit about yourself and where you're from?