These belong to a friend of mine located here in Florida. The female actually laid eggs last year for the first time!
Q said:Wow they look similar to Aldabras! Beautiful torts
wellington said:Nice. So they young one on the other thread. Yours or your friends from these two?
ALDABRAMAN said:Q said:Wow they look similar to Aldabras! Beautiful torts
Way different, check out the young males head, very wide! He was very curious and kept smelling our shoes!
* What i loved was the distinctive growth lines, they are kept in a large field and allowed to naturally browse for food on grass and weeds!
Here is comparison pictures of a female galop and aldab.
Sounds like you have cool friends,ALDABRAMAN said:wellington said:Nice. So they young one on the other thread. Yours or your friends from these two?
No, those belong to a different friend!
TortoiseBoy1999 said:What? Do all the people who have giant tortoise's live in Florida?!
Laura said:do you know how old? were the eggs fertile?
Florida is great weather for these guys...
shellysmom said:Yes.
GeoTerraTestudo said:Sweet!
The overall size and color are similar between Galapagos and Aldabras, but some of the details of the carapace shape and scute pattern are different. Of course, the head is the giveaway; Galapagos have higher nostrils than Aldabras. Basically, both have giant dark bodies, but Galapagos have a face more like that of a Chaco, redfoot, or yellowfoot (to which they are more closely related genetically); while Aldabrans have a face more similar to that of a radiated, angonoka, or Pyxis tortoise (to which they are more closely related genetically).
AldabraMan, I get the impression from your OP that Galapagos are more difficult to breed in captivity than Aldabras. Is that correct?